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Sir Isaac Newton | Laws of Motion and Gravity |
Galileo Galilei | Astronomer who studied the sky through a telescope |
Helio-centric Theory | The sun, not the earth, is the center of the solar system |
William Harvey | The heart pumps circulated blood throughout the body |
Johannes Kepler | Laws of Planetary Motion |
Scientific Revolution | The change in the way people viewed the world and their place in it. |
Scientific Method | A system of observations and repeated experiments |
Thomas Hobbes | Thought constitutional monarchy was the best form of government. |
John Locke | Believed that all people have a right to life, liberty and property |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Wrote THE SOCIAL CONTRACT |
Thomas Jefferson | Who is the author of the American Declaration of Independence |
Baron de Montesquieu | Believed that the government's power should be separated |
Enlightenment Era | The time period when scholars believed that the use of reason could solve all problems. |
Voltaire | Believed in religious tolerance and separation of Church and State |
Miguel de Cervantes | Wrote DON QUIXOTE |
Mozart and Bach | Composed secular and sacred |
Delacriox | Known for creating action-filled paintings |