The Enlightenment

New technology (telescope) & new theories laid the foundation of the Scientific Revolution b/c

Which idea of Baron de Montesquieu has been incorporated into the constitution?

Unlike baroque style, rococo art depicted

Francis Bacon believed that scientists should use the scientific method to

wrote a book in which she argued that men and women should have equal education

Which of the following discoveries was made by Maria Winkleman?

his law of gravitation was important because it could explain all the motion in the universe

The Church attacked him b/c he defended the system that said the earth revolved around the sun

Enlightenment thinker who believed in the idea of separation of powers in government

classical composer who was considered a child prodigy b/c he wrote his first concert at age 6

Which religion dominated Europe and often clashed with new ideas during the Enlightenment

Education spread widely during the enlightenment because

Deism was a religious philosophy based on faith and the rule of God

Many intellectuals did not take Margaret Cavendish's work seriously because

English philosopher who developed the scientific method

What is the most important difference between the Ptolemaic system and the Copernican system?

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

Which of the following helped spread new ideas quickly and easily?

elegant urban drawing rooms where wealthy and middle class people gathered to discuss new ideas

argued that the planets revolved around the sun, not the earth

Rousseau argued that society should be governed by the military.

mathematician who showed that the planets were elliptical

considered father of modern rationalism

edited his Encyclopedia in order to change how people thought & spread Enlightenment ideas

laissez-faire is an economic policy that says the state should control the economy

Copernicus, Kepler and Newton's ideas all contributed to this theory of the universe