Protestant Reformation and Enlightenment Flashcards
Protestant Reformation
Religious revolt led by Martin Luther and his 95 thesis in the 1500s
Martin Luther believed…
the pope had limited authority
The Printing Press helped the Reformation by…
Helped make Bibles for more people to read, helped reformers spread their ideas , and could translate Bibles into other languages
Compare European Renaissance and Protestant Reformation
both encouraged people to question tradition
Spanish Inquisition
the attempt to rid Spain of all non Catholic people
Excommunication
If a person was accused of heresy they could get kicked out of the church
Counter Reformation
The Catholic Church decided to make changes to keep members
The Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment both had…..
new scientific ideas that caused people to question Catholic teachings
Issac Newton
A mathematician and Physicist known as the father of modern mechanics (father of Uncle Keith
Scientific Revolution
Period of change when people started to question previous ideas about the Earth
Geocentric
the belief the Earth was the center of the universe
Heliocentric
the theory that the Sun is the center of the universe
Galileo found
provided evidence for the heliocentric theory and found a new approach to the scientific method he used observation made the scientific method
Newton found
the laws of motion and gravity, and the universe seal law of gravitation
Newton said
“to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”
Galileo had to face
house arrest in the last years of his life because the theories went against the church, had to admit his finding were wrong, after he died his publications were burned and banned, after he died they found he was right.
Copernicus
did all the work on the heliocentric theory in secret from the Catholic Church because of fear of being persecuted
Enlightenment
the state of having knowledge and understanding where people started to believe about new ideas instead of tradition
philosophers believed
science and reason could improve society and government
enlightenment encouraged
later political revolutions because of their beliefs in the natural rights of men
John Locke
From England and believed in consent of the governed and the natural rights of liberty, life, and property
John Locke’s ideas would directly influence………….
Thomas Jefferson the main author of the Deceleration of Independence
Voltaire
A French philosopher that fought for freedom of speech (vomit of the mouth)
Montesquieu
A French philosopher who wrote the spirit of the laws he introduced the three branches of government (three syllables)
Rousseau
(everything is rosy until the government gets involved) society corrupt people
Adam Smith
The father of modern capitalistic economies
