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Enlightenment Notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rene Descartes | French Philosopher and mathematician |
| Denis Dedirot | French scholar and editor of Encyclopedia |
| Thomas Jefferson | American thinker- Declaration of Independence |
| Thomas Hobbes | Philosopher and political theorist, translated Leviathan KICKED OFF ENGLISH ENLIGHTENMENT |
| What was the "Thinkers" view on thinking? | You should apply logic to thought, and you should consider your answer as "provisional" meaning it may change. |
| fallacy | falsehood- not true |
| provisional | for the time being |
| Galileo Galilei | Italian scientist, astronomical findings supported Copernicus |
| Catherine the Great | Russian empress an "enlightened despot" |
| Issac Newton | English- scientist discovered Law of Gravity |
| Enlightenment | Intellectual movement, stressed reason and thought, and that individuals had the power to solve problems |
| John Locke | French philosopher- promoted freedom of speech |
| Montesquieu | French writer, ideas of separation of powers and checks and balances in government |
| Mary Wollstonecraft | Proponent of women's rights |
| salons | where the intellectuals met to discuss ideas |
| baroque | style that was very ornate |
| neoclassical | elegant style, more simple than baroque, Greek and Roman influence |
| Declaration of Independence | American colonists created this document to assert independence from Great Britain |
| geocentric theory | ancient idea that the planets (including the sun) circle the earth. Idea embraced by Catholic Church |
| heliocentric theory | idea that the planets (including the sun) circle the earth |
| Scientific method | the scientific method is a way to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments |
| social contract | Thomas Hobbes agreement in which people create government. |
| Renaissance | A rebirth of learning and the arts, inspired a spirit of the curiosity in many fields. |
| Reformation | prompted followers to challenge accepted ways of thinking about God and salvation. |
| Sceientific Revolution | Few scholars replaced old assumptionwith new theories, they launched a change in European thought; a new way of thinking about the natural world |
| Medival | Relating to or belonging to the middle class |
| Wield | To handle with skill and ease |
| Dominated | To control or govern by superior authority or power |
| sepot mutiny | rebellion of Hindu and Muslim soldiers against the British in India |
| colonialism | establishing, maintenance of acquisition, expansion of one territory by people of another territory |
| nationalism | the belief that people should be loyal mainly to their nation- people with whom they share a culture and history- rather than a king or empire |
| Mahardjah | a ruler |
| Mughal Dynasty | a controlling power in India that was collapsing |
| imperialism | a policy in a which a strong nation seeks to dominate ither countries politically, economically or socially |
| Berlin Conference | a meeting in 1884-1885 at which representatives of European naations agreed upon rules for the European colonization |
| racism | the belief that one race is superior to another |
| geopolitics | a foreign policy based on a consideration of strategic locations or productions of other lands |
| Suez Canal | a human-made waterway, which was open in 1869, connecting the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea |
| Queen Liliuokalani | |
| Raj | the British- controlled portions of India in the years 1757-1947 |
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