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Chapter 6 terms&Name
| Terms&Names | Definition |
|---|---|
| Geocentric Theory | Earth is the center of the universe. |
| Scientific Revolution | New way of thinking about the natural world based on observation and question. |
| Heliocentric Theory | Theory that the sun was the center of the universe. |
| Galileo Galilei | Supported the theory of Copernicus. |
| Scientific method | A logical procedure. 1) problem or observation 2) hypothesis 3) experiment 4) conclusion |
| Isaac Newton | Developed the laws of universal gravitation |
| Enlightenment | A new intellectual movement that stressed reason, thought and the power of individuals to solve problems |
| Social contract | way of solving problems of commercial society |
| John Locke | All people are born free and equal with the right to life, liberty and property |
| Philosophe | social critics who applied reason to all aspects of life |
| Voltaire | philosophe who believed in religious freedom |
| Montesquieu | credited with the separation of powers, |
| Rousseau | free individuals,people born with free and equal |
| Mary wollstonecraft | disagree about women education. says women need it like mens do |
| Salon | writers, artists, and scientists met and discussed ideas |
| Baroque | artistic of the 1600s and early 1700s |
| Neoclassical | artistic style of the late 1700s that was characterized by simplicity and elegance |
| Elightened despot | new ideas and attempted to make reforms that reflected the Enlightenment |
| Catherine the great | Exchanged many letters with voltaire, ruled russian from 1762-1796 |
| Declaration of Independence | lists the natural rights of men, the British wrongs, and declares the colonies the independent United States of America |
| Thomas jefferson | write the declaration of independence, base on the idea of john locke and enlightenment. |
| checks and balances | established three seperate branches of government--legislative, executive and judicial |
| federal system | form of government in which power is divided between the national and state governments |
| Bill of Rights | Part of constitution, protect our individual rights. |