| A | B |
|---|
| heliocentric | sun centered |
| Copernicus | believed the universe was heliocentric |
| deism | idea that god lets the universe run by its own laws |
| Newton | believed that natural laws existed & that institutions should follow these laws |
| John Locke | believed that changing their experiences & their surroundings could change people |
| King Louis XV | King of France - initially banned the encyclopedia |
| Mary Wollstonecraft | laid the foundation for the much later women's rights movement |
| Montesquieu | published the Spirit of the Laws |
| the Spirit of the Laws | identified 3 kinds of governments & promoted separation of powers |
| three branches of our government | executive, judicial, & legislative |
| Adam Smith | Wrote the Wealth of Nations |
| Wealth of Nations | capitalism is based on the ideas in this writing |
| laissez-faire | theory that government should not interfere with the economy |
| According to Smith, the 3 basic roles of governemtn | protect, defend, & public works |
| Rousseau | Wrote the Social Contract (on which our Constitution is based) |
| Social Contract | idea that society agrees to be governed by the general will |
| Voltaire | fought for religious tolerance & championed deism |
| Reason | application of scientific method to an understanding of all life |
| Time period of Enlightenment | 18th century (1700s) |
| Wilbur & Orville Wright | made 1st flight in fixed-wing airplane |
