Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

Montesquieu’s most lasting contribution to political thought was his

Rationalism is the belief that

_________ person presented a criticism of the belief that humans were the masters of nature.

Which of the following made it possible for scientists to practice direct observation?

Newton’s universal law of gravitation could explain all the _____ in the universe.

The American movement to start an independence movement from Britain was due to

Who proposed the theory that government was formed to protect our life, liberty, and property?

Which idea of Baron Montesquieu has been incorporated into the U.S. Constitution?

To Voltaire and many other philosophes, the universe was

Which Enlightenment philosophy would most argue against the divine right of kings?

Francis Bacon believed that scientists should

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Which philosophe would most likely defend the ideas of freedom of speech?

Who proposed the Enlightenment idea of an economic system of "hands off" and what was it called

_____ was a mathematician who showed that the orbits of the planets were elliptical.

Francis Bacon’s scientific method used

Intellectuals of the 1500s and 1600s did not take Margaret Cavendish’s work seriously because

Why did Descartes decide to set aside everything that he had learned and begin again?

Which of the following discoveries was made by Maria Winkleman?

According to Rousseau, general will represents what is best for the

Copernicus argued that the planets revolved around the _____.

Mary Wollstonecraft’s ideas about the rights of women were based on

Diderot’s Encyclopedia was used to

Who was the first person to propose the heliocentric theory?

Voltaire championed the religious philosophy of deism, which was based on