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Chapter 22 Section 1,2 Flashcards

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Scientific revolution

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A new way of thinking about natural world

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Created heliocentric theory

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Heliocentric theory

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Planets revolve around the sun

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Johannes Kepler

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After Brahe’s death in 1601, his assistant, a brilliant mathematics help to prove Copernicus was correct

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Galileo Galilei

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Italian scientists; discovered planet surface; support heliocentric theory

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Scientific method

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A logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas

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Francis Bacon

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An English politician and writer had a passionate interest in science

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René Descartes

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France; he developed analytical geometry, which linked algebra and geometry

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Isaac Newton

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English scientist; helped to bring together their breakthroughs under a single theory of motion

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Enlightenment

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The ideas of the scientific revolution paved the way for a new movement.

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Social contract

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Hobbes called this agreement, by which people created government.

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John Locke

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Philosopher, held a different, more positive, view of human nature.

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Natural rights

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According to Locke, all people are born free and equal, with life, liberty, and property.

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Philosophes

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French word word for philosophers, social critics of this period in France

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Voltaire

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He published more than 70 books of political essays, philosophy, history, fiction, and drama

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Montesquieu

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The baron de _______, devoted himself to the study of political liberty.

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Separation of powers

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Montesquieu beloved power was balanced among three groups. Executive power, carried out the laws of the state. Legislative , lawmaking. Judicial, to see which law applied to the special case

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Was passionately committed to individual freedom

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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Who published an essay called A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792

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