Scientific Revolution
He proposed the heliocentric model of the universe.
Who is Nicolas Copernicus?
He believed people are naturally selfish and supported absolute monarchy.
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
This economic theory requires wealth that is measured in gold and silver, and enforces government trade regulations on colonies.
What is mercantilism?
Belief that monarchs derive their authority from God.
What is Divine Right?
French intellectuals who discussed and spread Enlightenment ideas.
Who are the Philosophes?
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Danish astronomer who made detailed observations of the planets.
Who is Tycho Brahe?
This French thinker believed in the separation of powers.
Who was Baron de Montesquieu?
An economic system based on private ownership and profit.
What is Capitalism?
Core belief that all humans are entitled to certain freedoms.
What are Natural Rights?
Gatherings where thinkers exchanged Enlightenment ideas, often hosted by women.
What are Salons?
His three laws of planetary motion showed that planets orbit elliptically.
Who was Johannes Kepler?
This French philosopher served time in prison because he championed freedom of speech and religion.
Who was Voltaire?
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A policy of limited to no government interference in the economy or the market.
What is Laissez-Faire economics?
The belief that government should not control religion.
What is Separation of Church and State?
Wrote the first modern encyclopedia.
Who is Denis Diderot?
He improved the telescope and supported heliocentrism, and was put on trial by the Catholic Church.
Who was Galileo Galilei?
John Locke believed in natural rights: life, liberty, and property. But he also invested in this immoral industry.
What was the slave trade?
Author of The Wealth of Nations, considered the father of modern economics
Who was Adam Smith?
Concept that people agree to give up some freedoms for organized government.
What is the Social Contract?
This English philosopher argued for equal education and rights for women.
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?
The English scientist Isaac Newton who discovered the laws of motion and gravity, created this form of mathematics.
What is calculous?
This former enslaved person wrote an autobiography that championed the abolition movement.
Who was Olaudah Equiano?
This Laissez Faire economic idea contrasted sharply with mercantilism.
What is free-market economics?
Absolute rulers who tried to use Enlightenment ideas to reform society.
What are Enlightened Despots?
The title of the philosophies written by Zera Yacob
What is the Hatata?