Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment Vocab

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Power should be shared, not concentrated in one branch of government.

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separation of powers

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The Enlightenment introduced new ideas about:

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people's basic rights

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Ruler with complete authority over government and people's lives.

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absolute monarch

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Ruler's authority from God.

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Divine Right

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1700s period rejecting tradition, embracing reason.

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Enlightenment

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Rights belonging to all humans from birth.

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Natural Rights

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Period in the 1500s-1600s when scientific thinkers challenged traditional ideas through observation and experimentation.

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Scientific Revolution

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Enlightened thinkers based their beliefs on:

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reason and logic

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Italian astronomer who developed the telescope confirming Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory.

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Galileo Galilei

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English physician who detailed blood circulation pumped by the heart.

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William Harvey