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View that the earth is the center of the universe

Geocentric View

View that the sun is the center of the universe

Heliocentric View

Use of observation, experimentation, data collection, and mathematical analysis

Scientific Method

Dissected human bodies and produced anatomy book

Vesalius

English philosopher; emphasized research and power of science

Francis Bacon

Came up with the heliocentric theory; couldn’t prove it; feared the RCC

Nicholas Copernicus

Proved the heliocentric theory using ellipses

Johannes Kepler

Used the telescope to observe sun, Moon, Saturn

Galileo

First to accurately describe the circulatory system

William Harvey

French philosopher who rejected everything based on the authority of others

Rene Descartes

Corporation that sold shares and shared profit

Joint stock company

Tax on imports

Tariffs

Government’s goal is to increase wealth of country

Mercantilism

Grants of money from the government

Subsidies

How ships were improved during this time

Longer, larger; more sails of varying sizes; rudder moved to rear of ship; easier to sail in open water

Conquered areas

Colonies

2 economic goals for conquering areas

Find valuable items and sell manufactured goods

Treaty that divided the Western hemisphere into Spanish and Portuguese areas

Treaty of Tordesillas

Plants, products, animals and diseases travel between the Eastern and Western hemispheres

Columbian exchange

Social changes that caused expansion

Population growth, curiosity, escape religious persecution, quick profit

New instruments in scientific revolution

Thermometer, barometer, microscope, telescope

Fought with Newton over who invented calculus

Leibnitz

Invented the microscope

Leewenhoek

Synthesized the major ideas of the scientific revolution with his laws of motion

Isaac Newton

Magnetized needle originally floated in water

Compass