Enlightenment Scientific Revolution

John Locke argued that all people had the right to ________________. 

• Own slaves
• Choose their religious beliefs
• Pursuit of happiness
• Life, liberty, and property

Copernicus was the first modern scientist to think...

• The universe is geocentric.
• Gravity causes things to fall at the same rate.
• The earth is the center of the universe.
• The sun is the center of the universe.

Galileo was brought before the Church and charged with heresy because...

• He published a book agreeing with the heliocentric theory.
• He criticized the Pope because he wanted a divorce.
• He wanted to marry an English princess.
• He published a book about humanism. 

Isaac Newton studied 3 branches of SCIENCE:

• Legislative, executive, and judicial
• Church, school, factories
• Physics, gravity, motion
• Calculus, physics, and government

Why did the Roman Catholic Church take so long to embrace the heliocentric theory?

• Jesus walked the Earth; therefore Earth must be the most important and at the center.
• Ptolemy was a famous priest who donated a lot of money to the Church.
• Catholic leaders did not want people questioning what was true because it may lead to people questioning the Church. 
• They were angry at Galileo and never wanted to admit he was correct. 

Sir Francis Bacon developed the idea that things could be proven through observation.  What was this called? 

• Scientific Method
• Divine Right of Kings
• Geocentric view of the universe
• Humanism

Who came up with the idea that all people had natural rights? 

• Charles-Louis Montesquieu
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• John Locke
• Adam Smith

Which English scientist identified how the physical world works; specifically in terms of the Law of Gravity? 

• Francis Bacon
• Isaac Newton
• Rene Descartes
• Galileo Galilei

John Locke's central political value was

• the protection of individual rights.
• equal distribution of wealth.
• designing governments around biblical teachings.
• nullified by the exploration of central Africa.

A common theme among Enlightenment thinkers was

• there was not a common theme among the enlightenment thinkers
• faith in traditional religious beliefs.
• a belief in the inherent goodness of humanity.
• support for democratic forms of government.