Enlightenment

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an intellectual movement of the 18th century that applied scientific methods to the study of society and government

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enlightenment

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a system in which a monarch or other ruler enjoys unlimited power

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absolute rule

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the notion that a rulers power is derived from God and cannot be questioned

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divine right

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right that belong to people “by nature” simply because they are human beings

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natural rights

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an agreement in which people give power to a government in return for it’s protection

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social contract

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system where the primary leaders have very little governing powers over the decisions and laws that are created without approval from other branches or leaders

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limited government

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divides the government up

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separation of powers

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expanded on the geocentric theory

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ptolemy

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made heliocentric theory

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copernicus

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took data on planets

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brahe

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proved copernicus’s ideas were true mathematically

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kepler

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telescope

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galileo

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experimental method

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bacon

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analytical geometry and logic

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descrates

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gravity

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newton

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invented the microscope

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janssen

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observed bacteria and red blood cells

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leeuwnhoek

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first mercury baromoeter

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torricelli

Question 19

FIRST thermometer, freezing 32

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fahrenheit

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another scale for thermometer, freezing 0

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celsius

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dissected pigs

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galen

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proved galen wrong and dissected actual humans

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vesalius

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invented vaccine for smallpox

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jenner

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father of chemisty, wrote the sceptical chymist

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boyle

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freedom of speech and religious beliefs

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voltaire

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3 branches, Britain was best gov

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montesquieu

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wrote the social contract, only good ogv was direct democracy

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rousseau

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all humans were naturally selfish and wicked, made the social contract, leviathan

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hobbes

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scotish thinker, economic progress was made by peoples self interest

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smith

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didn’t believe in beatings

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beccaria

Question 31

3 natural rights life, liberty, and property

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locke

Question 32

believed women need education just like men, urged women to work in male dominated fields

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wollstonecraft