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World History-SEM 1
summer school vocab
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History
10th Grade
06/23/2008

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Term
scientific revolution
Definition
 
 An new way of thinking based on experimentation
Chamged the way people looked at the world Used science rather than religion to explain the natural world and answer the world's questions
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natural rights
Definition

life liberty and property

the things people are guaranteed from birth

 

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social contract
Definition

the agreement that people make to live in an organized society

people cannot do whatever they want if they are going to live with others

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enlightenment thinkers
Definition

people that thought that reason could solve everything

Used the ideas of science on society

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laissez faire
Definition

let the economy rule itself

no government intervention

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separation of powers
Definition

branches of government

no part has too much power

checks and balances

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