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chapter 19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| scientific theory that has the earth as the center of the universe with the sun and stars revolving around it | geocentric theory |
| a transformation in european thought in the 1500s and the 1600s that called for scientific observations, experimentation, and the questioning of traditional opinions | scientific revolution |
| a method of inquiry that promotes observing, measuring, explaining, and verifying as a way to gain scientific knowledge | scientific method |
| rene descartes | |
| 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; he discovered the law of motion of falling objects and invented the first working telescope; his discoveries put him into conflict with thw roman catholic church | galileo galilei |
| isaac newton | |
| a time of optimism and possibility from the late 1600s to the late 1700s; also called the age of reason | enlightenment |
| gatherings 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 contact |
| english philosopher and founder of british empiricism; he developed political and economic theories during the enlightenment. he wrote two treaties on government | john locke |
| swiss-french political philosopher, he valued the social contact and addressed the nature of man in his work on the origin of inequality | jean-jacques rousseau |
| french jurist and political philosopher; he explored democratic theories of government | baron de montesquieu |
| philosophers of the enlightenment | philosophes |
| french philosopher ans ; he was a suppoter of deism, the idea that god was no longer involved with the universe after creating it | 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 colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items | stamp act |
| american statesman; third president of the united states | thomas jefferson |
| benjamin franklin | |
| george washington | |
| treaty of paris | |
| james madison | |
| federal system |
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