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| Scientific Method | a logical procedure for gathering information about the natural world, in which experimentation and observation are used to test hypotheses |
| Heliocentric | the theory that the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun |
| Galileo Galilei | Italian scientist that invented a telescope powerful enough to see space |
| Ellipse | an orbital pattern in space |
| Thomas Jefferson | American that wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| Enlightenment | an 18th century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society |
| John Locke | English philosopher that believed every individual was born with natural rights, wrote the Two Treatises of Government |
| Social Contract | the agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government |
| Declaration of Independence | a statement of the reasons for the American colonies’ break with Britain, approved by the Second Continental Congress in 1776 |
| Isaac Newton | English scientist that developed specific laws of motion and gravity |
