Chapter 8- Enlightenment

What was the significance of coffeehouses?

Why is the Enlightenment considered a turning point in World History?

Rousseau's concept of the social contract is where society agrees to be governed by an absolute ruler

What events did the Enlightenment inspire?

What did Maria Winkleman discover?

Who is William Harvey?

Maria Winkleman discovered a comet and helped advance science through her work

According to Rousseau, "general will" benefits who?

Why didn't many intellectuals take Margaret Cavendish's work more seriously?

What did Mary Wollenscraft's base her beliefs on regarding women?

Protestantism was the dominate religion in Europe during the Enlightenment

What is the Scientific method?

What is the Heliocentric Theory?

How were scientists able to practice direct observation?

He introduced the universal law of gravitation.

Education spread widely during the enlightenment because

What is the Ptolemaic theory?

Laissez-faire means "to let people do what they want"

How were the Protestant Reformation and the Enlightenment similar?

What is the concept of Rousseau's "general will"?

why did many women publish their work anonymously?

Inductive reasoning is the doctrine in which scientists proceed from the particular to the general

John Locke believed that a strong leader is needed to keep order and prevent chaos.

The Church criticized this man because he stated the Earth revolved around the sun.

What impact did inventions such as the telescope have on the Scientific Revolution?

He argued that the planets revolved around the sun

Who is considered the greatest genius of the Scientific Revolution?

Baron de Montisqueu believed that a government should have branches of government and checks and balances

Who is Antione Lavoisier?

How did life change for people in the 1600-1700's?

What is the Enlightenment?

What philosopher believed the government's authority was based on the consent of the governed?

Astronomy is the study of celestrial objects, space and physical universe.

Rococo art depicted the pursuit of happiness, pleasure and love

He was a mathematician who showed that the orbit of the planets were elliptical.