What was the Enlightenment? What does the ‘Scientific Revolution’ refer to? Describe each of the following important writings of the Enlightenment. Include the name of the author: A Vindication of the Rights of Women- On the Spirit of the Laws- The Social Contract- Two Treatises on Government- Encyclopedia- Starry Messenger-
Key Concepts and Terms of the Enlightenment Era Geocentric Theory- Law of Universal Gravitation- The Scientific Method (5 steps) Heliocentric Theory- ‘Philosophes’- Direct Democracy- Salons- Neoclassical Art- Baroque- Enlightened Despots (define/describe, give 3 examples along with the nation they ruled)-
-Montesquieu page 197Jean Jacques Rousseau- page Thomas Hobbes- page 195 Mary Wollstonecraft- page 199 Voltaire—page 196 John Locke—page 196 Enlightenment Philosophers- Describe their beliefs
Great Mathematicians and Scientists Describe the contributions of each of the following: Tycho Brahe- Robert Boyle- René Descartes- Isaac Newton- Nicolaus Copernicus- Galileo Galilei- Johannes Kepler- Francis Bacon- Gabriel Fahrenheit Anders Celsius- Emilie du Chatelet-