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Enlightenment/scientific revolution

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wrote the social contract, believed morals regressed and society progressedJean Jacques Rousseau
Came up with the ideas of the Seperation of Powers,that would inflence Am. RevMontesequeiu
Disagreed with Capital Punishment and tortureCesare Becarria
writer who advocated for women's rightsMary Wollstonecraft
Place where brilliant minds would come discuss everything from politics to relgionsalons
believed humans were selfish and wicked, wrote the LevianthanThomas Hobbes
advocated for religious toleration, freedom of speech, wrote CandideVoltaire
theory stated by Copernicus that the earth moved around the sunHeliocentric theory
built his own telescope to view stars, was brought to trial for his controversial bookGalileo
Explained the law of gravity, stated that God was a clocksetterIssac Newton
Religion in which people believed God had no interference on peoples live, he was a clockmakerdeism
revolutionary procedure for gathering and testing datascientific method
Stated "I think therefore I am"Renes Des cartes
social event that made people question their surroundingsscientific revolution
Convinced the French to go to war on the side of the Colonists against BritainBen Franklin
war between the British and Am. colonistsAmerican Revolution
War between the French and the British colonists/britishFrench and Indian war
philsopher who stated people had natural rights of life, liberty and propertyJohn Locke
First ten amendments of our constitution that was influenced by philsophersbill of rights
agreement between the government and its peoplesocial contract
act passed by British parliament that taxed Americans after the Fr/Indian warStamp ACT
Monarchs who were influenced by the enlightenment were called?Enlightened Despots
area in social life where people made their opinions known about society and about the faults/good things about govtpublic sphere
ways in which the enlightenment spread across europepamphlets, books, speeches, etc
why were many philsophers jailed?Criticism of Catholic Church and monarchy
5 beliefs of philsophesnature, reason, happiness,progress, liberty
French thinkers who believed they could apply reason to any problemphilsophes
two things that the enlightenment questionedreligion, government
which 3 rulers were the main enlightened despots?Frederick the great, Catherine the great, Joseph II
Who won the Fr/Indian Warcolonists/british


Modern World History and AP Government Instructor
OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL

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