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World History
Chapter 22
| scientific revolution | new way of thinking about the natural world |
| heliocentric theory | Sun is center of universe |
| Galileo Galilei | Faced inquisition for his support of copernicus' heliocentric theory. Published dialogue concerning the two chief world systems. |
| Copernicus | Published the heliocentric theory |
| Kepler | Published the laws of planetary motion. mathematically proved heliocentric theory |
| Bacon | Urged scientists to use the experimental method or "empiricism" |
| Descartes | "The thinker" that knew he existed and thus coined the phrase, "i think, therefore i am." |
| Newton | Is credited for developing the laws of gravity |
| Scientific Method | a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas. |
| Brahe | Made of base of the heliocentric theory that just needed to be mathematically proven. |
| Enlightenment | The new intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of the individual to solve problems. |
| Thomas hobbes | Wrote Leviathan and felt that people needed a strong ruler with absolute power to keep citizens under control. |
| Social Contract | agreement by witch people created the government |
| john locke | Felt that all poeple are entitled to three basic rights : life, liberty, and property. |
| philosophes | social critics of the Enlightenment time period |
| Beliefs of philosophies | reason, nature, happiness, progress, liberty |
| Rousseau | Felt that a direct democracy was the best form of government and that legitimate government came from the consent of the govern. |
| voltaire | Constantly fought for citizens basic rights and is quoted as saying " I do not agree with a word you say but i will defend to the death your right to say it " |
| Montesquieu | Focused on Government and thought that Britain had the best form of government at the time. He is also knowns for commenting on the importance of a balance of power in the government |
| Salon | place where ideas are shared |
| Beccaria | Addresses laws that dealt with a society's justice system. |
| Diderot | published encyclopedia |
| Baroque | grand ornate design |
| neoclassical | classical greco-roman design |
| joesph ii | most radical, freedom of the press, freedom of worship, abolished serfdom |
| Frederick the great | Granted many religious freedoms, Reduced censorship, improved education, reformed justice system, abolished torture "first servant of the state" |
| Catherine the great | Allowed religious toleration, abolished torture and capital punishment, expands russia |
| Enlightened despot | enlighted rulers |
| Declaration of independence | 1776. america declares itself independent from britian |
| Thomas jefferson | wrote declaration of independence |
| checks and balances | each branch checking the actions of the others to make sure no branch has full power |
| federal system | power was divided between national and state governments |
| Geocentric | earth is center of universe |
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