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Chapter 6
Scientific Revolution and Enlightment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| geocentric theory | Earth is the center of the universe |
| Scientific Revolution | new way of thinking about the natural world based upon observation and acceptance to question beliefs |
| heliocentric theory | sun is the center of the universe |
| Galileo Galile | built his own telescope to study heavens in 1609 |
| scientific method | logical methods for testing concepts |
| Isaac Newton | he discovered the law of universal gravitation or physics |
| Enlightment | also known as "Age of Reason" |
| social contract | contract by which people approved to accord some of their human rights to the government and obtain protection |
| John Locke | believed that people are born with natural rights, self-sufficient and and capable to make decisions for themselves |
| philosophes | they believed that people could apply reason to all aspects of life such as reason, nature, happiness, progress, liberty |
| Voltaire | he fought for tolerance, reason, freedom of religious belief, and freedom in speech and was exiled to England |
| Montesquieu | shared hi idea about separation of power which that one person or leader cannot have too much power, must be equal and balanced for everybody |
| Rousseau | he believed that only government should be made by free people that are willing to give some of rights for a particular purpose and for the sake of everybody |
| Wollstonecraft | she fought for women's rights such as having education like men ,and having the right enter the world of politics and medicine. |
| salons | wealthy women who discuss about Enlightenment ideas with the philosophes at their lavish homes |
| baroque | European style that illustrates precise details through paintings and sculptures used for palaces |
| neoclassical | more simple and fashionable created from the ideas of classical Greece and Rome |
| enlightened despots | desire to have a strong superior and country |
| Catherine the Great | ruled and attempted to improve Russia, studied philosophe's ideas and expanded the Russian empire |
| Declaration of Independece | a document written by Thomas Jefferson regardless of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness |
| checks and balances | each branch monitors what's happening on the other brances |
| federal sysytem | power is divided between state governments and national governement |
| Bill of Rights | ten amendments that protected the fundamental rights of human rights such as freedom of speech, press, assembly, and religion |
| Thomas Jefferson | a political writer of the document called "Declaration of Independence" |
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