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(Carr) Scientific Revolution & The Enlightenment - Exam Review

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Nicolaus Copernicus & Johannes Kepler   Theory that the sun is the center of the universe.  
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Galileo Galilei   Built the telescope.  
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Francis Bacon   Developed the experimental method.  
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Rene Descartes   Developed analytical geometry.  
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Isaac Newton   Law of gravity.  
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Charles Hobbes   Social contract.  
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John Locke   3 natural rights of man.  
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Voltaire   Published 70+ books; tolerance, reason, freedon of speech, and freedom of religious belief.  
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Baron de Montesquieu   Separation of power.  
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Jean Jacques Rousseau   Direct democracy.  
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Cesare Beccaria   Abolishment of torture.  
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Thomas Jefferson   Wrote the Declaration of Independence.  
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Scientific Revolution   A major change in European thought, in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and questioning of accepted beliefs.  
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Scientific Theory   The logical procedure for gathering information about the natural world, using experimentation and observation to prove a hypothesis.  
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"I think, therefore I am."   Rene Descartes  
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The Enlightenment - Location   Europe  
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The Enlightenment - Time   18th Century  
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The Enlightenment - Definition   A time when thinkers tried to apply principles of reason and scientific method to society.  
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Separation of power   A division of power between different branches of government.  
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3 Natural Rights fundemental to Declaration of Independence   Life, liberty, and property  
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Reasons colonists were successful in gaining their freedom from England.   More motivation; British generals and armies made mistakes; time was on the colonists' side; and the French assisted the colonists.  
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