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What the scientific revolution? |
When people started not believing what the church said, but looking at science for answers: Major change |
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What Polish astronomer waited to publish his heliocentric theory until he was near death? |
Copernicus |
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List Isaac Newton’s laws and other discoveries. |
Gravity |
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Which astronomer was tried for heresy and placed under house arrest because the universe was heliocentric? |
Galileo |
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What was the new system that was developed by Francis Bacon as a way to test hypotheses? |
Scientific method |
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Whose authority was challenged by the new scientific theories during the 16th and 17th? |
The Catholic Church |
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effect of the Scientific Revolution on traditional religious beliefs. |
One effect was that the catholic church lost a lot of power |
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2 types of limited governments. |
Democracy and Constitutional Monarchy |
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List two characteristics of a limited government. |
One does not have all power and Fair to the people |
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List 2 types of unlimited governments. |
Absolute Monarchy and Dictatorship |
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List two characteristics of an unlimited government. |
One had all the power and could do what they want |
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What does “Divine Right” Mean? |
That god gave the ruler their power |
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What is the Glorious Revolution and why was it important to Great Britain? |
Led to Freedom and a limited government |
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List the effects of the English Bill of Rights |
People had freedom, demanded limited government and Philoshopers |
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What did Parliament require William and Mary to sign in order to take the throne in England? |
English Bill of right |
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Describe The Enlightenment |
A time period when people use reason instead of faith in religion. It was a non-religion movement and focus on politics
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Who was the Enlightenment thinker that suggested separation of powers and checks and balances? |
Baron de Montesquieu |
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Which Enlightenment thinker believed in “natural rights?” |
John Locke |
