Important Thinkers/Scientists Matching Flashcards
Developed the Theory of relativity and discovered advances in nuclear physics.
Einstein
Believed in natural rights of life, liberty, and property and suggested people had the right to rebel.
Locke
Developed the theory of Gravity and was the founder of modern physics.
Newton
Developed the steam engine during the Industrial revolution.
James Watt
Believed in Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Press and the Right to Fair Trial.
Voltaire
Believed in separation of powers and checks and balances between three branches of government.
Montesquieu
Developed the heliocentric model of the universe.
Copernicus
Fought for the expansion of women’s rights during the Age of Enlightenment.
Wollstonecraft(WOMEN)
Believed in the divine right of kings and supported absolute monarchy.
Hobbes
Enlightenment thinker that believed in equality and that slavery should be abolished.
Rousseau
Founder of Capitalism and believed that supply and demand should determine how the economy functioned.
Adam Smith
Founder of communism and believed that social classes should be abolished to create an equal society.
Karl Marx
Supported the heliocentric model of the universe and was put on trial by the Catholic Church.
Galileo
