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39 Cards in this Set
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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
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