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Ch. 19 Vocab

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Geocentric theory Scientific theory that has the earth as the center of the universe with the sun and stars revolving around it.
Scientific Revolution A transformation in European thought in the 1500s and 1600s that called for scientific observation, experimentation, and the questioning of traditional opinions.
Scientific method A method of inquiry that promotes observation, measuring, explaining, and verifying as a way to gain scientific knowledge.
Rene Descartes French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist; his belief that all things should be doubted until they could be proven by reason became one of the underpinnings of scientific method.
Nicolaus Copernicus Polish astronomer; he proposed the heliocentric, or sun-centered, theory of the universe.
Heliocentric theory Scientific theory that has the sun as the center of the universe with the earth rotating around the sun.
Galileo Galilei Italian astronomer, mathematician, and physicist; he discovered the law of motion or falling objects and invented the first working telescope; his discoveries put him into conflict with the Roman Catholic Church.
Isaac Newton English mathematician and natural philosopher; he discovered the law of gravity as well as the laws on physics of objects.
Enlightenment A time of optimism and possibility from the late 1600s to the late 1700s; also called the Age of Reason.
Salons Gatherings in which intellectual and political ideas were exchanged during the Enlightenment.
Social contract An agreement between a people and their government, stating that people would give up some of their freedom and in return, their government would provide them with peace, security, and order.
John Locke English philosopher and foundered of British empiricism; he developed political and economic theories during the Enlightenment.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Swiss-French political philosopher ; he valued the social contract and addressed the nature of man in his work On the Origin of Inequality.
Baron de Montesquieu French jurist and political philosopher; he explored democratic theories of government. He proposed a government divided into three branches and greatly influenced the United States Constitution.
Philosophies Philosophers of the Enlightenment.
Voltaire French philosopher and author; he was a supporter of Deism, the idea that God was no longer involved with the universe after creating it. He also advocated a tolerant approach to religion.
Enlightened despots The absolute monarchs in 18th century Europe who ruled according to the principles of the Enlightenment.
Stamp Act A law passed by the British Parliament that raised tax money by requiring the American colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items.
Thomas Jefferson American statesman; third president of the United States; he was a member of two Continental Congresses, chairman of the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence, the Declaration's main authors and one of its signers.
Benjamin Franklin American statesman; he was a philosopher, scientist, inventor, writer, publisher, first U.S postmaster, and member of the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence.
George Washington First president of the United States; he commanded the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and served as a representative to the Continental Congress.
Treaty of Paris The agreement that officially ended the American Revolution and established British recognition of the independence of the United States.
James Madison American statesman; he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and the fourth president of the United States. He is known as the "father of the Constitution."
Federal system A system of government in which power is divided between a central, or a federal, government and individual states.
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