Enlightenment Scientific AP

Believed that the ultimate purpose of a government was to protect the rights of the people.

Believed that women should be socially equal with men & needed an education to be so...

Believed that the "general will" of the people should help make gov. decisions.

The American gov. is structured after his belief.

Created an economic system that was the opposite of Mercantilism.

Came up with a heliocentric model of the universe.

Created the Laws of Planetary Motion, explaining how the planets go in elipses.

Was against slavery and believed in freedom of speech.

Believed that men needed to be ruled by a "Mortal God".

Believed that people's selfishness would make the country's economy flourish...

Believed that reason could be a source of truth.

Believed that everyone had the right to life, liberty and property.

Developed the basis for the scientific method...

Wanted to spread the Englightenment ideas so he helped write the Encyclopedia.

Placed under house arrest for his ideas of the universe during the Roman Inquisition.

Used a telescope to observe the universe which led him to challenge the church

Believed that God did not exist.

Wanted to promote a secular movement throughout Europe.

Came up with the 3 Laws of Motion and discovered gravity.

Believed that people were naturally good and corrupted by society.