Ch. 21: Enlightenment and Revolutions

Explains why planetary bodies stay in orbit around the sun

• Universal law of gravitation

• Laissez-faire

• Stamp Act

• Rococo

First European to explore the universe with a telescope

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galllei

• Rene Descartes

• John Locke

America's first constitution

• Laissez-faire

• Stamp Act

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

Argued that people are born with a blank mind

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galllei

• Rene Descartes

• John Locke

Style that emphasized grace and charm

• Rococo

• Laissez-faire

• Stamp Act

• Universal law of gravitation

Father of modern rationalism

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galllei

• Rene Descartes

• John Locke

Believed that the universe was heliocentric

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galllei

• Rene Descartes

• John Locke

Ten amendments to the US Constitution that guarantee certain freedoms

• Laissez-faire

• Stamp Act

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

Idea that the state should not interfere with the economy

• Laissez-faire

• Stamp Act

• Rococo

• Universal law of gravitation

Created a British tax on newspapers and other printed materials

• Laissez-faire

• Stamp Act

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights