Unit 1: Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment CA

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People in a society give up some of their freedoms in exchange for protection of their natural rights.

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Social Contract

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This Scientific Revolution astronomer challenged the church's long-held beliefs about the universe and its center.

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Galileo

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What made the creation of the Encyclopedie, edited by Denis Diderot, possible?

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the Printing Press

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French writer who believed in freedom of speech, religious tolerance, and the separation of church and state.

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Voltaire

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An 18th century religious philosophy based on reason and natural law where God created the universe, but does not have an active role.

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Deism

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Gatherings during the 1700s and 1800s where citizens from many backgrounds met to discuss political, economic and social issues.

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Salons

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John Locke believed people were born with certain rights that no-one could take away. Examples of these are...

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Life, liberty, property

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The time period when philosophers used science and reason to explain the physical/natural world around them, creating new theories in math, physics, astronomy, biology, and chemistry.

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Scientific Revolution

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Life, liberty, property are examples of...

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natural rights

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This thinker believed in the separation of powers within a government.

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Montesquieu