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Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

Man who published the first idea of Heliocentric Theory
Francis Bacon
scientist who used animal and plant classification systems to place Imperial England around the world
Scientist who withdrew his own view of the heliocentric theory
Johann Guttenberg
Inventor of the printing press
Issac Newton
Mathmatician who believed that god set everything in motion and explained the law of gravity
John Locke
Man who believed that all people could revolt if their leaders withheld natural rights
French philosopher who believed that governments should be separated by a system of checks and balances
French philosopher who wrote about a social contract that would give up individual rights to the whole community. Not King
Thomas Hobbes
Author of Leviathan who wanted an absolute ruler in charge of the government
Martin Luther
Man who passionately believed that the sale of indulgences was immoral
Skeptical about middle age scientist and urged science to use math to find truth
Scientific Method
Use of logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
John Locke's natural rights
Life liberty and property
Inductive Reasoning
reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
Deductive Reasoning
Sale of Indulgences
This was the way that many people were granted salvation. This was a common method of the church to gain power and money. People would but "tickets to heaven", without having to go to church anymore
The act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
the crime of holding a belief that goes against established religion
a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator
Habeas Corpus
English Bill of Rights
Niall Ferguson's 6 killer apps
1) Science
2) Consumerism
3) Competition
4) Technology
5) Work-Ethic
6) Democracy
the Incas created this device, a set of knotted strings that could be used to record data
spanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain
A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller
Heliocentric Theory
Geocentric Theory
Earth is the center of the universe. Aristotelian.
5 core beliefs of French Philosophers
1) Reason
2) Nature
3) Happiness
4) Progress
5) Liberty
95th thesis
A document Martin Luther wrote to condemn the Catholic church, the sale of indulgences and was a heresy
Scientist who believed that the Earth is the center of the universe
Pope Leo X
This was the pope that used the sale of indulgences to rebuild a basilica and he was also the pope who challenged Martin Luther
St. Peter's Basilica
Largest Christian church in the world. Located in the Vatican City in Italy. The dome was created by Michelangelo.
English Civil War
Great Divergence
income inequality increasing between industrialized and developing countries