Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment

English philosopher who argued that people have natural rights; stated that it was the government's duty to protect life, liberty, and property.

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Galileo Galilei

Italian astronomer and mathematician who invented and used a telescope to study the stars; Rejected by the church

• Galileo Galilei

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Louis XIV

King of France 1643 to 1715; The Sun King built the Palace of Versailles

• Peter the Great

• Louis XIV

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Voltaire

French writer who believed in freedom of religion, speech, and separation of church and state.

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• David Hume

• Isaac Newton

A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator with no limits on their power (not restricted by a constitution, branches, or laws)

• Absolutism

• Social Contract Theory

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Elightenment

A philosophical movement that emphasized science and reason to apply natural laws to SOCIAL institutions of government, ethics, and society.

• Absolutism

• Scientific Revolution

• Brutalism

• Enlightenment

The idea that the sun is at the center of the universe rather than the earth

• Geocentric Theory

• Heliocentric Theory

• Stellar Paralax

• Solipsism Theory

John Locke, Voltaire, & Montesquieu    

What movement are these historic figures associated with?

• Scientific Revolution

• Enlightenment

• Absolutism

• Humanism

Nicolas Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, and Galileo Galilei

What movement are these historic figures associated with?

• Scientific Revolution

• Enlightenment

• Absolutism

• Humanism

King Henry XIV, Tsar Peter the Great, Empress Maria Theresa

What movement are these historic figures associated with?

• Scientific Revolution

• Enlightenment

• Absolutism

• Humanism