The Enlightenment

Nicolaus Copernicus

• Nicolaus Copernicus discovered gravity.
• Nicolaus Copernicus is known for developing the heliocentric model of the universe.
• Nicolaus Copernicus was a famous painter.
• Nicolaus Copernicus invented the telescope.

What did Galileo Galilei do?

• Galileo Galilei improved the telescope, supported heliocentrism, and studied motion.
• Galileo Galilei discovered electricity.
• Galileo Galilei wrote the first novel.
• Galileo Galilei invented the printing press.

What did Isaac Newton do?

• Isaac Newton invented the telephone.
• Isaac Newton wrote the theory of relativity.
• Isaac Newton discovered penicillin.
• Isaac Newton developed the laws of motion and universal gravitation.

What did Johannes Kepler do?

• Kepler developed the laws of planetary motion, and said planets move in elliptical orbits (ovals)

• Kepler was a famous painter.
• Kepler discovered the law of gravity.
• Kepler invented the telescope.

What did Francis Bacon do?

• Francis Bacon developed the scientific method

• Francis Bacon invented the printing press.
• Francis Bacon was a famous painter.
• Francis Bacon wrote novels and poetry.

What did Rene Descartes do?

• Rene Descartes developed ideas around Skepticism and Absolute Truth

• Rene Descartes invented calculus and algebra.
• Rene Descartes was a famous painter of the Renaissance.
• Rene Descartes discovered the theory of evolution.

What did John Locke say about equality?

• John Locke claimed that equality is irrelevant to natural rights.
• John Locke stated that all individuals are equal in their natural rights.
• John Locke believed that only the wealthy are equal.
• John Locke argued that equality is determined by social status.

John Locke said everyone has the right to pursue life, liberty and...

• fame
• wealth
• power
• happiness

What idea about government did Baron de Montesquieu develop?

• Separation of powers
• Direct democracy
• Divine right of kings
• Centralized authority

Denis Diderot made the 1st...

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