Test 2ID Flashcards
(42 cards)
Copernicus
Part of the first scientific revolution and introduced the theory that the earth was not the middle of the universe
Bacon
promoted the scientific method, said science was inductive
Descartes
Introduced deductive reasoning and associated with the quote” I think, therefor I am”
Galileo
Supported new views of the universe being that the Earth is not the center of the universe, was an Italian astronomer
Kepler
Said planets have elliptical orbits and created the laws of planetary motion, german astronomer
Newton
Was responsible for Newtonian Physics/English mathematic
Absolutism and Divine Right of Kings
The king made law, administer, enforced and judge it. Was chosen by god and was the representative
Louis XIV
was also known as the sun king also build the palace of Versailles
Palace of Versailles
A palace built by Louise the 14th, built so he can invite nobles and keep an eye on them
John Locke
was an Enlightenment thinker who also established contract theory of government
Contract Theory of Government
Government exist to protect the life, liberty and property of their subjects. Origin was John Lockes”Two Treatise on Civil Government
Glorious Revolution
Was a result of contact theory, also known as the English Revolution
English Bill of Rights
Gave more power to parliament and less to the monarchy, ideas of contact theory were included in bill
Enlightenment
The 18th century Scientific revolution expanded into the enlightenment including political and social ideas
Deism
The idea that god had started the universe, letting the universe run itself
Philosophes
French word for philosophers , were intellectuals of the enlightenment era
French Salon
Where meeting held by rich women during the enlightenment in France, Important thinker would gather to discuss ideas
Bastille
Royal fortress, was seen as starting the French Revolution.
Estates General
was an assembly made of 3 different French classes made of clergy ,nobility and common
Declaration of the Rights of Man and The Citizen
a human civil right document that came from the French Revolution says that all men are born equal and remain free and equal in rights
Jacobins
Were part of the French revolution, turned racial and executed their opponents
Reign of Terror
A time in the French revolutions were opponents to the revolution were seen as traitors and were guillotined
Napoleon
Conqueor much of Europe and establish “Code of Civil”
Civil Code
Was a Code of government established by Napoleon and is still used today in France