Section 1
What is the Earth-centered view of the universe called?
Geocentric Theory
Who believed that humans were naturally selfish and wicked? He believed that people needed a gov to keep them in order.
Thomas Hobbes
What did Denis Diderot invent? It helped spread ideas.
The Encyclopedia
What law required the colonists to pay for a tax to be put on any printed material?
The Stamp Act
What era was based on observation and thinking?
The Scientific Revolution
What is the logical procedure called for testing procedures and gathering information?
The Scientific Method
Who believed that people can learn from experience and improve? He believed that people were born with 3 natural rights.
John Locke
What are monarchs called that embraced new Enlightenment ideas?
Enlightened Despot
What is the name of the law passed that prevented colonists from selling products with anyone except Great Britain?
The Navigation Act
Who did not believe in torture as a punishment? He influenced criminal law in North America.
Beccaria
What theory explains that the stars and planets move around the Sun?
The Heliocentric Theory
Who pushed for the freedom of writing and religion?
Voltaire
What word means to change for the better?
Reform
What are the three branches of government?
Judicial, Executive, Legislative
Who reformed Russia, abolished torture, and expanded the Russian Empire?
Catherine the Great
Who developed the telescope?
Galileo
What movement stressed reason and thought?
The Enlightenment
Who reformed Prussia, granted their people religious freedoms, and abolished torture there?
Frederick the Great
What were the supporters of the Constitution called?
The Federalists
What was added to the Constitution to protect citizen's basic rights?
The Bill of Rights
Who discovered that gravity is a universal force?
Isaac Newton
Who believed in the separation of state and federal governments?
Montesquieu
Who reformed Austria, granted freedom of the press there, and abolished serfdom there?
Joseph II
Who was scared that the Constitution gave the central government too much power?
The Anti-Federalists