Chapter 22 Section 1,2 Flashcards
Scientific revolution
A new way of thinking about natural world
Nicolaus Copernicus
Created heliocentric theory
Heliocentric theory
Planets revolve around the sun
Johannes Kepler
After Brahe’s death in 1601, his assistant, a brilliant mathematics help to prove Copernicus was correct
Galileo Galilei
Italian scientists; discovered planet surface; support heliocentric theory
Scientific method
A logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
Francis Bacon
An English politician and writer had a passionate interest in science
René Descartes
France; he developed analytical geometry, which linked algebra and geometry
Isaac Newton
English scientist; helped to bring together their breakthroughs under a single theory of motion
Enlightenment
The ideas of the scientific revolution paved the way for a new movement.
Social contract
Hobbes called this agreement, by which people created government.
John Locke
Philosopher, held a different, more positive, view of human nature.
Natural rights
According to Locke, all people are born free and equal, with life, liberty, and property.
Philosophes
French word word for philosophers, social critics of this period in France
Voltaire
He published more than 70 books of political essays, philosophy, history, fiction, and drama
Montesquieu
The baron de _______, devoted himself to the study of political liberty.
Separation of powers
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
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Was passionately committed to individual freedom
Mary Wollstonecraft
Who published an essay called A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792
