Chapter 6

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The earth was the center of the univers. Came from Aristotle & Ptolemy

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Geocentric Theory

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New way of thinking about the natural world through observation & questioning

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Scientific Revolution

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Gutenburg improved this and now people have access to new ideas in print.

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Printing Press

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The sun is the center of the universe

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Heliocentric Theory

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Came up with the heliocentric theory and wrote the book - On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Supported the heliocentric theory, improved the telescope and was accused of going against the church

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Galileo Galilei

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Came up with the scientific method with help of Rene Descartes

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Francis Bacon

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Helped bring together breakthroughs for a single theroy of motion

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Isaac Newton

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Says every object in the universe attracts every other object

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Universal Gravitation

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Developed the first microscope in 1590

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Zacharias Janssen

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Used the microscope to observe bacteria swimming in tooth scrapings, was the first to examine blood cells

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Anton van Leeunwenhuek

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developed the first Mercury barometer

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Evangelista Torricelli

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A tool for measuring atmospheric pressure and predicting weather

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Barometer

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Made the first thermometer to use mercury gas

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Gabriel Fahrenheit

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Created another thermometer with another scale

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Adres Celsius

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First person to dissect human corpses

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Andreas Vesalius

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Introduced vaccine to prevent smallpox

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Edward Jenner

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Pioneered the use of the scientifuc method in chemistry, the founder of modern chemistry

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Robert Boyle

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Explains how volume, temperature and pressure of gas affect each other

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Boyle's Law

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King of England during the American Revolution

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George III

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America couldn't sell goods to any other country besides Britain

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Navagation Act

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In 1763, the major cause of the American Revolution

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French and Indian War

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It lowered the tax on tea and had no taxation without representation

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Boston Tea Party

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In 1774, this group protested the treatment of Boston by the British

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First Continental Congress

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This group voted to raise an army and organize for battle under the command of Geroge Washington

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Second Continental Congress

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Fisrt battle of the American Revolutionary War

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Lexington and Concord

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July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson was firmly based on the ideas of John Locke and the Enlightenment

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Declaration of Independence

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Bacame an ally of the U.S. and helped defeat the British

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France

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The first written consitution of the U.S., created weak national government

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Articles of Confederation

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Rewrite of the constitution

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Constitution Convention of 1787

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Each branch checks the actions of the other two branches

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Checks and Balances

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Power divided between national and state governments

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Federal System

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These amendments protected rights as freedom of speech, press, assemly and religion

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Bill of Rights

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Belived in the freedom of religion, though, and expression. Published more than 70 books

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Voltaire

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Beleived in the separation of powers, checks and balances. Wrote On the Spirit of Laws

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Montesquieu

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Beleived in Individual freedom and a direct democracy. Wrote Social Contract

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Rousseau

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Beleived in abolishing torture and capital punishment. Wrote Of Crimes On Punishment

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Beccaria

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Beleived in an education for women. Wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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Last battle of the French and Indian War

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Yorktown