New technologies built during the Scientific Revolution
What is the telescope, the microscope, and the printing press?
100
He dissected human bodies and made observations about the heart, the circulation of blood through the arteries and veins, and how the flow of blood makes a complete circuit as it passes through the body
Who is William Harvey?
100
French term for philosophers
What is philosophes?
100
Wrote the 'Social Contract' -- An entire society agrees to be governed by its general will -- "general will" represents what is best for the ENTIRE community
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
100
This country was originally on the side of Prussia and later switched to Austria
Who is France?
200
The Sun is the center of the universe.
What is heliocentric?
200
Discovered the 'scientific method'-- a systematic procedure of collecting and analyzing data and believed that all scientists should use inductive reasoning to learn about nature
Who is Francis Bacon?
200
This person believed in 3 basic kinds of government and discovered the 3 branches of government.
Who is Montesquieu?
200
Founded Methodism
Who is John Wesley?
200
The Treaty of Paris in 1763 ended the war on all three of these continents
What is Europe, Asia, and North America?
300
Earth is at the center of the universe
What is geocentric?
300
Father of modern rationalism-- belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge... He believed that mind & matter (body) were completely separate, this would help scientists view matter as dead
Who is Descartes?
300
He championed deism - a religious philosophy based on reason and natural law
Who is Voltaire?
300
Two impacts the Enlightenment effected
What is culture and political ideals?
300
These two countries owned colonies in Latin America
Who is Spain and Portugal?
400
Taught mathematics and was one of the 1st Europeans to use a telescope, he proved that Copernicus was correct and believed in the heliocentric view. He did not mention God in his theory of the universe.
Who is Galileo?
400
1st Scientist to conduct controlled experiments and discovered a law that determined that the volume of gas varies with the pressure exerted on it
Who is Boyle?
400
wrote the 28-volume of Encyclopedias based on the philosophes discoveries
Who is Denis Diderot?
400
This ruler made the most reforms based on the Enlightenment ideals (what country are they from TOO)
Who is Joseph II of Austria?
400
This act was submitted to the North American colonies from Great Britain, to levy taxes on printed material.. Ultimately this led to a revolt by the American colonists.
What is the Stamp Act?
500
She was not allowed to teach at the Berlin Academy because she was a woman and did not have a degree, although, she discovered a comet and was extremely intelligent.
Who is Maria Winkleman?
500
Founded the law of motion and the law of gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton?
500
This economic term, coined by Adam Smith, means to "let alone"
What is laissez-faire?
500
Fredrick the Great started this war by taking Silesia from Maria Theresa of Austria
What is the Seven Years' War?
500
This document was signed on July 4, 1776 to break away from Great Britain's control