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Who was Voltaire?and what was his contribution? |
Voltaire was a man that used satire at early ages and he supported freedom of speech and freedom of religion |
Satire |
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Who was Hobbes? And what was his contribution? |
People had to give up some of their rights to have a strong ruler.People act selfishly so they must have a ruler with total power to keep citizens under control |
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Wollstonecraft, who was he? |
Published essay "A vindication of the rights of Woman" and she argued that Woman need to be educated. |
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Copernicus, who was he? |
Said that Earth orbits around the sun and stated the Heliocentric theory |
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John Locke, who was he? |
Wanted Self government and criticized absolute monarchy, three natural rights life,liberty and property.Government is to protect the rights. |
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Robert Boyle, who was he? |
"Boyle's law" -Studied gases and Chemistry |
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Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes, who were they? |
Mathematicians they came up with the "Scientific Method" |
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Isaac Newton his contribution in the Scientific Revolution |
Laws of Gravity as well as laws of motion |
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Galileo |
First Telescope and foundation of modern physics |
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Montesquieu, who was he? |
Studied political liberty, believed Britain was best governed and most politically balanced, separation of powers |
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Causes of the Scientific revolution |
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