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| The theory that everything revolves around the Earth |
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| The Theory that everthing in our solor system revolves around the Sun |
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| A new way of thinking about the natural world |
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| Came up with the Heliocentric Theory |
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| Why did the Clery reject the Heliocentric Theory? |
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| Because it conflicted their veiws |
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Built off of Tycho Brahe's discoveries
Laws of planetary motion |
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Law of Pendulum
Laws of Motion |
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| A logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas |
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The Law of gravity
Every object in the universe attrats every other object |
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- Believed humans were naturally selfish and wicked.
- Said people should give up their rights to a strong ruler.
- Asolute monarchy.
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| An agreement by which people limit their individual rights and create an organized government |
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- Believed people could learn from experiece and improve themselves
- Self government
- Natural rights--life, liberty, and property
- If government fails to protect these rights, the people have the right to overthrow it.
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| Social critics of the Enlightenment |
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- Freedom of speech
- Freedom of religion
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- Seperation of powers
- Poltical liberty
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- Born free
- Give up rights for the common good
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- Judicial System
- Speedy trial
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| A social gathering of intellcetuals and artists held in the homes of wealthy women during the Enlightenment |
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| Monarchs who embraced the ideas of the Enlightenment and made reforms that reflected it |
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| Three Enlightened Despots: |
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- Fredrick II of Prussia
- Joseph II of Austria
- Catherine the Great of Russia
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| Prevented Colonists from selling their most valuble products to any other country except Britain |
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| A tax to have an official stamp put on wills, deeds, newspapers and other printed material |
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| First Continental Congress |
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| Protested the treatment of Boston |
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| Decleration of Independence |
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| The document declaring America's Independence from Britain |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| A weaknational government created of ther Americaa's independence from Britain |
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| Federal System/Federalism |
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| Where power is divided between national and state governments |
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