| A | B |
|---|
| Scientific Revolution | People developed and SPREADnew ideas about the world-Copernicus, Galileo, Newton |
| 1700s Age of Reason, people rejected traditional ideas | Enlightenment-age of thinkers |
| Enlightenment philosopher who supported natural rights | John Locke |
| Enlightenment philosopher who believed in a separation of government powers | Charles Montesquieu |
| He advocated freedom of speech | Voltaire |
| Enlightenment philosophers impact | Encouraged revolutions against absolute monarchs and some despots allowed more rights |
| Sir Isaac Newton | Scientist who discovered gravity |
| Idea stressed by Scientific REvolution | HUMAN REASON (ideas based on experimentation/observation)) |
| Enlightened thinkers supported these ideas | Democratic Republics, Natural Rights, Right to Rebel, Consent of the governed, People should be the power in govt |
| This period influenced the Enlightenment | Scientific Revolution |
| Enlightenment | Age of Thinking: Applying Laws of Reason and Nature |
| Enlightened Despot (A Ruler who kept power but gave rights to the people) | Catherine The Great of Russia |
| Cause of the French Revolution | Inequalities (Unfair) in the tax structure |
| Estates in France | Social classes, (third estate angry with taxes) |
| Louis XVI | King of France whose tax policy led to the French Revolution |
| Reign of Terror | Violent time during the French Revolution, use of guillotine |
| Locke's beliefs | People form govt, if govt doesn't protect people's rights, they can overthrow it |
