The Reformation
The splitting of the Catholic church and subsequent creations of new church's / religions is known as
The Protestant Reformation
This man came up with the 3 laws of gravity
Sir Isaac Newton
This man came up with the theory of natural rights (Life, Liberty, Property)
John Locke
A place where French patrons would discuss politics, news, and current events.
Salon
This man hammered the 95 Theses onto the church in Wittenberg Germany
Martin Luther
This machine created "copies" of papers, which led to information being sent around faster in Europe
Printing Press
This man said that people were naturally lawless, chaotic, and they needed a strong government to keep them in "check"
Thomas Hobbes
His writings in the popular Common Sense advocated for liberty from Britain.
Thomas Paine
This man created the Anglican church of England in order to get his marriage annulled.
He also had six wives prior to the creation of the church.
Henry VIII
This man came up with the Heliocentric Theory, which states that the sun was the center of the universe
Nicholaus Copernicus
An implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection
Social Contract
Author of the The Wealth of Nations, he also denounced the practice of mercantilism and advocated for free trade.
Championed the idea of "Laissez-Faire or Leave alone economics.
Adam Smith
The belief that people were going to heaven or hell upon birth.
Predestination
He improved the telescope, and challenged traditional church teachings
Galileo Galilei
Author of Candide, he inspired the ideas for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and judicial reform
Voltaire
He believed that good men were corrupted by society
Jean Jaques Rousseau
The Catholic daughter of King Henry, she was responsible for the execution of many Protestants
Mary of Scotts / Bloody Mary
The push for ___________ and ___________ which got away from traditional church teachings.
Logic and Reason (Science is acceptable too)
Children were born with a mind like a “blank state” waiting to be filled with knowledge (Proposed by Locke)
Tabula Rasa
Montesquieu