1. The Scientific Revolution Time: 1500’s – 1700’s AD
TERMS
Dark Age
Gothic Era
The Crusades
The Renaissance
Humanism
Reason
The Printing Press
The Protestant Reformation
The Scientific Revolution
The Scientific Method
Nicolaus Copernicus
Geocentric
Heliocentic
Telescope
Galileo Galelei
Heresy
excommunication
Isaac Newton
Gravity
The Scientific Revolution Time: 1500’s – 1700’s AD
Reason & Science Return to Europe

2. Europe in the Dark Ages 450 – 1200’s AD
For Centuries most of Europe had been united under the centralized control of the Roman Empire
With the collapse of the Western half of the Roman Empire in 450 Europe quickly slips into a Dark Age
Completely decentralized, no central authority to keep order
constant warfare & hardship
Avg. lifespan = 30 yrs/old
Sometime referred to as the Gothic Era
The Eastern half of the Roman Empire will stay united and flourish for another 1,000 yrs as the Byzantine Empire
Through this chaos the Catholic Church asserts control through its Patriarch (Pope) in Rome
In an effort to maintain power the Church keeps strict control over the flow of information in Europe

3. A Time of Change All 3 challenge established thought
The Renaissance (1300’s – 15/1700’s)
An Effect of Cultural Diffusion caused by the Crusades of previous Centuries
Greco Roman knowledge of the Arts & Sciences is re-introduced to Europe
Leads to Humanism  Scientific Method
Guttenberg perfects the Printing Press (1440AD)
Information can now be shared between intellectuals and news starts to spread fast
The Protestant Reformation (1517 – 1600’s)
Severely limits the power of the Catholic Church to control information & ideas
The Scientific Revolution (1500 – 1700’s)
Drastic change in human understanding of the world around them
All 3 challenge established thought

4. Understanding the Solar System
Important Scientist & Thinkers
Copernicus
Theorizes that solar system is actually heliocentric
Challenges the Geocentric theories of Ptolemy & the Church
Galileo Galilei:
Creates the first Telescope
Backs up the heliocentric theory with hard evidence from years of observations
Isaac Newton:
Discovered the existence of Gravity
Formulated the Uniform Laws of the Universe

5. Effects of the Scientific Revolution
The power of & faith in the Catholic Church was severely weakened
These discoveries revolutionized the way average Europeans thought
Began to question the role of religion in education
Began to solve life’s problems using logic & reasoning
Leads directly to The Enlightenment movement
If anything can be solved using reasoning than so can the problems of human societies
What is the best way to govern nations?
What is the most effective economic system?
What is the fairest way to structure society?
These new ideas will challenge the authority of Monarchs as well as the Church

6. Critical Writing Assessment: The Scientific Revolution
Each assessment must be written in Paragraph form
Describe 3 major events and inventions that helped lead to the Scientific Revolution between 1300 – 1600AD?
Describe how the following early scientist change the way Europeans understood the world around them:
Nicolaus Copernicus, Galilio Galilei, & Isaac Newton
Describe how the Scientific Revolution both further weakens the power of the Catholic Church as well as inspire new movements in thought?