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The belief the stars, the earth, and the other planets revolve around the sun.
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heliocentric theory
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The English scientist who discovered the law of universal gravitation.
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Isaac Newton
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The agreement in which people give their rights to a stron ruler in exchange for law and order.
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social contract
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A type of social critic in France who believed that people could apply reason to all aspects of life.
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philosophe
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A social gathering for intellectuals and artists, often hosted by wealthy Parisian women.
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salon
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A monarch who made reforms under the influence of new ideas.
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enlightened despot
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The document in which America colonists asserted their right to free themselves from British rule.
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Declaration of independence
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A system of government in which power is divided between national and state governments.
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federal system
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A new way of thinking about the world, based on observation and the questioning or old beliefs(mid-1500s)
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Scientific Revolution
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He built a telescope to view the stars and planets; the church tried him for heresy for his scientific ideas.
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Gelileo Galilei
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A logical procedure for testing ideas; it includes observation, hypothesis, testing and conclusion.
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Scientific method
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An intellectaul movement in the 18th century that stressed the power of individuals to solve problems.
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Enlightenment
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He proposed that all people are born free and equal, with three natural rights: life, liberty, and property
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john Locke
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A French philosopher and satirist who fought for telerance, reason, and liberty.
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Voltaire
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A french writer who studied political liberty and developed the idea of seperation of powers
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Montesquieu
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A french essayist who believed that the only good government was a direct democracy
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Rosseau
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An Englsih writer and adovcote of weomens education, she wrote A vindication of the rights of women
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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A stlye of art characterized by grand, ornate design that dominated European art in the 1600s and 1700s
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baroque
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The simple and elegant artistic style of the late 1700s that borrowed themes from classical Greece and Rome
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neoclassical
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The first ten amendments to the U.S Constitution, listing citizen's rights and freedoms
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Bill of Rights
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