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Age of Reason and French Revolution

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Who formulated a new way of thinking called the scientific method? Francis Bacon
Who was the mathematician that developed the concept of gravity? Isaac Newton
Who believes that all people are immoral and do not have the right to rebel against the government no matter how unjust it may be? Thomas Hobbes
What philosopher said that people have the right to break free of the government if it fails to protect their natural rights? John Locke
When did the Enlightenment occur? Late 1600s to Mid-1700s
Who edited the Encylcopdia? Denis Diderot
What are the Philosophes? French philosophers, writers, and thinkers of the Enlightenment that spread new ideas
Who proposed a more radical democracy with a tyranny of the majority (Paradox:"Must force people to be free.") Rousseau
Who favored emotional and feeling ideas as opposed to reason and science, yet also favored enlightened despotism? Voltaire
What inventor was ahead of his time with human anatomy and was also a famous painter? Davinci
Which colony was able to revolt and overthrow slavery? Haiti
What was the most revolutionary revolution? The French Revolution
Who built the telescope to observe night skies? Galilei
What organization opposed new scientific theories? The Catholic Church
Who discovered blood circulation? William Harvey
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