Do Now Enlightenment

Held a positive view of human nature.  He said that all people are born free and equal, with three nature rights --life, liberty, and property.

• John Locke 
• Thomas Hobbes
• Francis Bacon 
• Baron de Montesquieu

He proposed the division of powers within the government.  He called it separation of powers.

• Baron de Montesquieu
• Thomas Hobbes 
• Francis Bacon 
• Rene Decartes 

The Heliocentric theory was first proposed by___________.

• Isaac Newton 
• Francis Bacon 
• Nicolaus Copernicus 
• Galileo Galiei  

Many rulers came to power believing that their right to lead came from God. This is an example of: 

• Supreme Law
• Divine Right
• Their Opinion
• Poor Judgement

The Scientific Revolution can best be described as:

• A period when scientists embraced the teachings of the Church
• The time when the Catholic Church empathized most with scientists 
• period when scientists began to question the old teachings of the Church
•  Scientific property invented by astrophysicists to explain the rotation of the Earth