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Revolution and Enlightenment
Chapter 10 Study Guide
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History
10th Grade
12/19/2007

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Anicent scientist who thought that blood came from the liver and that there were two types
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Galen
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He dissected corpses, but still thought there were two types of blood
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Vesalius
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Found that blood is pumped through the heart
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Harvey
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Developed calculus and theory of gravity
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Newton
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Developed the scientific method; which requires us to use inductive reasoning
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Bacon
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Sun was center of universe (Heliocentric); afraid to reveal due to Catholic Church
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Copernicus
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Discovered moons around Jupiter, had to recant his theories or be punished by Catholic Church and est. laws of physics
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Galileo

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Used math to prove planets move in ellipses; no fear of revealing his ideas since he was a Protestant; said earth revolved around the sun
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Kepler
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Defined "element"; made chemistry a pure science
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Lavoisier
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Said, "I think, therefore I am"
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Descartes
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Believed government powers should be divided into 3 branches

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Montesquieu
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His ideas were used by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence
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Locke
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What type of gov. did Hobbes favor?
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Absolute Monarchy
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Hobbes' social contract between ruler/ruled stated
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Give up freedoms, gov. protects from invasion, and citizens for themselves.
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According to Hobbes, by nature humans are:
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Evil, disorderly, nasty
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Who came up w/ the "invisible hand?"
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Adam Smith
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John Wesley came up with what new religious movement?
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Methodism
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Purpose of a social contract according to Locke?
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Protect Natural Rights
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Religious philosophy; based on reason/natural law
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Deism
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Felt we should submit to the will of the majority

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Rousseau
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Said, "I dissaprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
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Voltaire
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Who compiled the Encyclopedia?
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Deiderot
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Brought the piano into the limelight
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Beethoven

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Music combined many melodies at once
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Counterpoint
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Thoguht God was with him when he composed this (name of composer and famous work)
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Handel- "Messiah"

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Wrote "Twinkle, Twinkly" melody
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Mozart
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Composer who went deaf
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Beethoven
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Enlightened leader of Prussia, abolished torture
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Fredrick II
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Enlightened leader of Austria, totally abolished serfdom
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Joseph II
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Attacked Austrian province of Silesia; led to the war of Austrian sucession
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Fredrick II
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In Seven Years' War , what two countries competed for overseas territory

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France and Great Britian
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Two results of the Treaty of Paris
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French withdraw; Fredrick keeps silesia and left India to British
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Discovered modern chemistry
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Boyle
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Critizied the beleif that humans were the masters of nature; In Human vs. Nature, humans can't control nature
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Cavendish
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Developed scientific method
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Bacon
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