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Francis Bacon

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Was a English philosopher and statesman who served as the Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England

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Carolus Linnaeus

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Was Swedish Botanist who considered the “Father of Taxonomy”

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Denis Diderot

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Philosopher who edited a book called the Encyclopedia which was banned by the French king and pope.

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Parliament

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A body of representatives that makes laws for a nation

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Scientific Revolution

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Is the period during the 16th and 17th centuries during which there was drastic change in scientific thought.

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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A Polish astronomer who proved that the Ptolemaic system was inaccurate, he proposed the theory that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the solar system.

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polymath

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a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning

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Galileo Galilei

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Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars

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Johannes Kepler

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German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630)

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Planetary Motion

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Described the orbits of planets around the sun

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Scientific Method

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Method of procedure that includes observation, measurement, experimentation, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses

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Isaac Newton

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Defined the laws of motion and gravity. Tried to explain motion of the universe

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Robert Boyle

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Founder of modern chemistry

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Robert Boyle

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Founder of modern chemistry

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Chemistry

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Branch of science that deals with identification of the substance of which matter is composed

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Robert Hooke

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Was a British physicist who discovered elasticity

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William Harvey

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Was a English physician who made influential contributions in anatomy and physiology

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Antoine Lavoisier

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Was a English physician who made influential contributions in anatomy and physiology. Father of modern chemistry

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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Was Dutch scientist and tradesman who made some incredible discoveries in biology. Invented the microscope

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Joseph Priestly

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Was English chemist, philosopher, theologian, and writer who best known for discovery of oxygen

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Age of Enlightenment

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the time period in the 1700s during which many Europeans began to break away from tradition and rethink political and social norms

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Baron de Montesquieu

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believed government should have separation of powers

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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A French man who believed that Human beings are naturally good & free & can rely on their instincts. Government should exist to protect common good, and be a democracy

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Voltaire

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French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment, often attacking injustice and intolerance.

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Declarition of rights of women

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1791 stating that women also have natural rights just like man

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John Locke

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17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property.

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Natural Rights

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the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property

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Elizabeth I

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Queen of England and Ireland between 1558 and 1603. She was an absolute monarch and is considered to be one of the most successful rulers of all time.

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Puritans

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People who wanted to purify and reform English Church

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English Civil War

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civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I

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Oliver Cromwell

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English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)

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Restoration

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the action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition.

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Glorious Revolution

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A reference to the political events of 1688-1689, when James II abdicated his throne and was replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband, Prince William of Orange.

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Elasticity

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Which explained how things expand when they are heated

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Separation of powers

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the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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British feminist of the eighteenth century who argued for women’s equality with men, even in voting, in her 1792 “Vindication of the Rights of Women.”

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Cesare Beccaria

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believed that punishment should fit the crime, in speedy and public trials, and that capital punishment should be done away with completely

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Olympe de Gouges

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French journalist who published the declaration of rights of women and the female citizens

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Thomas Hobbes

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believed that people are born selfish and need a strong central authority

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James VI and I

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The son of Mary Stuart. She was forced to surrender the throne to him. He became Elizabeth’s successor as the king of England.

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Divine Right

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Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god.

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Social Contract Theory

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theory was view persona’s moral and political obligations upon contract or agreement among them to form society which they live

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Petition of Rights of 1628

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which attempted to limit the powers of King

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Commonwealth

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A self-governing territory associated with another country

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William and Mary of Orange

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Dutch royalty who were “invited” by the English to take over England during what was called “The Glorious Revolution”

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English Bill of Rights

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document that gave England a government based on a system of laws and a freely elected parliament

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