Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment

Political theory stating that people create governments to protect their rights in exchange for obedience

Modern scientific discovery that some diseases are caused by microscopic organisms only seen by a microscope

European intellectual movement of the 17th & 18th centuries emphasizing reason & individualism rather than tradition

 Sun-Centered model of the solar-system

French philosopher whose continuous questioning of his society drove him to declare "I think therefore I am"

 A series of events that marked the emergence of modern science during the early modern period

Mathematician & philosopher that established laws of gravity & motion that formed the framework for the study of physics