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chapter 19
section 1234
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| scientific theory that has the earth in the center of the universe with the sun and stars revolving around it | geocentric theory |
| a transformation in European thought in the 1500s and 1600s that called for scientific observation, experimentation, and the questioning of traditional opinions | scientific revolution |
| A method of inquiry that promotes observing; measuring, and verifying as a way to gain scientific knowledge | scientific method |
| she helped discovered the develop the scientific method, important scholar | Rene Descartes |
| Polish astronomer | nicolaus Copernicus |
| scientific theory that has the sun as the center of the universe with the earth rotating around the sun | heliocentric theory |
| Italian astronomer, mathematician, and physicist | Galileo Galilei |
| the english scientist, he brought together astronomy, physics, and mathematics | Isaac newton |
| a time of optimism and possibility from the late 1600s to the late 1700s; also called the age of reason | enlightenment |
| gathering in which intellectual and political ideas were exchanged during the enlightenment | salons |
| 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. | social contract |
| english philosopher he was a nice person and believed every one was too. | john Locke |
| the french philosopher, believed that people were born good | jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| french thinker | baron DE Montesquieu |
| philosophers in enlightenment | philosophies |
| 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 tolerant approached to religion | Voltaire |
| the absolute monarchs in 18th century Europe who ruled according to the principles of the enlightenment | enlightened despots |
| a law passed by the British parliament that raised tax money by requiring the American colonist to pay for an official stamp whenever they brought paper | stamp act |
| wrote the draft of the declaration | Thomas Jefferson |
| signed the declaration of independence | Benjamin Franklin |
| the second continental congress assigned George Washington as the commanding of the general army | George Washington |
| the agreement that officially ended the American revolution and established British recognition of the independence of the united states | treaty of pairs |
| played a leading role in negotiating the main point | James Madison |
| a system of government in which power is divided between a central, or a federal, government and individual states | federal system |
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