Revolutionary Science
This religious organization opposed several significant scientific changes
The Catholic Church
The term for the age when monarchs had absolute power
Absolutism
A government in which power resides in the people, who elect leaders
Democracy
This philosopher said that women have natural rights
Mary Wollstonecraft
The most "brat" philosopher
Mary Wollstonecraft
Heliocentric Theory/The Earth revolves around the Sun
The form of labor that allowed monarchs to accumulate great wealth
Peasants, Serfs, Slavery
An example of a dictatorship
Russia, North Korea, or Syria
This philosopher believed that people have the right to overthrow the government if it abuses its power
John Locke
This British king formed his own religion because he wanted a divorce
Henry VIII
Medicine before the Scientific Revolution was based on
superstition/religion/magic
The idea that we give up some rights to form a government, but we can overthrow that government if it doesn't protect us
Social Contract
A government in which there is a monarch, but their power is constrained by some sort of parliament or constitution
This philosopher said that the Church should be separate from the government
Voltaire
Ancient Greece OR state referendums
This invention allowed scientists to question the Church's explanations of the universe
telescope/microscope
This is the idea that a ruler was chosen by God
Divine Right
An absolute monarchy is different from a dictatorship because
An absolute monarch's power is inherited, a dictator's power is seized by force
This philosopher is in favor of big government and absolute power
Thomas Hobbes
This refers to the breaking of many religious groups from the Catholic Church
Protestant Reformation
This scientist was put on house arrest for publishing a book about heliocentric theory
Galileo
This philosopher had the most direct influence on the Declaration of Independence
John Locke
The three branches of government
Executive, Judicial, Legislative
These THREE philosophers each contributed to the idea of the "social contract"
John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Rousseau
The three natural rights according to Locke