Enlightened and Scientific Revolution Project

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Across
  1. 2. Used telescope to support heliocentric, published a book supporting Copernicus's work, Catholic Church banned the book and demanded that he stand trial, he recanted his statements but continued his work
  2. 5. Political philosophies of the Enlightenment fueled revolution in the Americas and France, Declaration of Independence incorporated Enlightenment ideas, The Constitution of the US and the Bill of Rights also did
  3. 6. Composer
  4. 10. Developed scientific method
  5. 11. "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.", freedom of thought and expression, religious toleration should triumph over religious fanaticism, separation of church and state, Influence on US Bill of Rights and French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
  6. 13. Developed heliocentric theory, believed the earth was round and rotated and revolved, his work was not published until after death
  7. 15. People are naturally good but society corrupts them, gov't is a contract between rulers and the people, in setting up a gov't, people choose to give up their self-interest for the common good, believed in direct democracy
  8. 16. Discovered planetary motion, Used math formulas to prove that planets revolve around the sun in ellipses
Down
  1. 1. Painter "Liberty Leading the People"
  2. 3. Discovered laws of gravity, gravity- keeps objects on earth and holds solar system together, invented calculus
  3. 4. The best form of government includes a separation of powers, it prevents one branch from getting too much power, countries used this when writing constitutions
  4. 7. the state must have central authority to manage behavior, absolute monarch was the best form of government, people are naturally selfish and wicked
  5. 8. People are sovereign: monarchs are not chosen by God, natural rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, government exists to protect natural rights, when gov't fails to protect, people have a right to change it
  6. 9. Novelist "Don Quixote"
  7. 12. Composer
  8. 14. Discovered circulation of the blood