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Scientific Revolution
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path led by Western scientists that focused on the Europeans' way of viewing the universe and their place in it
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geocentric theory
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the theory that the universe is a series of concentric spheres with a fixed or motionless earth as its centre
* aka Ptolemaic Theory |
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heliocentric theory
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the theory that the sun was the motionless centre of the universe and the planets revolved around it on an axis
*Copernicus |
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world-machine
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the Newtonian theory of the universe that all parts of the world were a regulated machine in accordance to natural law
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Cartesian dualism
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dualism and separation between mind and matter
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rationalism
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the split between the mind and body, and the equating of the mind and body
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Enlightenment
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movement of intellectuals who were greatly impressed upon by the Scientific revolutions
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scientific method
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process of reasoning and trial to answer the scientific questions of life
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philosophes
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literary people -- professors, journalists, economists, political scientists
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separation of powers
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separation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches as a means of checks and balances
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deism
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non-sectarian belief
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laissez-faire
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French - leave it alone
removal of economic forces on government regulations |
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feminism
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emphasis on women's rights and equality
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Rococo
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French architectural style with an emphasis on grace and delicate structure
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high culture
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literary and artistic culture of the educated classes
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popular culture
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written and unwritten culture of the masses
passed down orally |
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cottage industry
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a process in which spinners and weavers worked from their homes
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patrician
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upper class person
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rentiers
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wealthy people who lived off of their investments
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natural rights
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involuntary rights that come with birth
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enlightened absolutism
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the emergence of an 18th century monarchy
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old order
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monarchial system relying on privileges and a rigid social order
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old regime
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the monarchy before the French revolution
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nationalism
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'people's' government -- patriotic and for the people
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Continental system
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A French alliance that attempted prevented British goods from reaching the continent
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