Enlightenment and Revolution

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  1. 4. European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and humanity
  2. 5. is the epistemological view that "regards reason as the chief source and test of knowledge" or "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification".
  3. 9. says that the earth is at the center of the cosmos or universe
  4. 12. series of events that marked the emergence of modern science during the early modern period
  5. 13. French writer and public activist who played a singular role in defining the eighteenth-century movement called the Enlightenment.
  6. 15. divides the powers of government between the national (federal) government and state and local governments.
  7. 16. They promoted a "republic of letters" that crossed national boundaries and allowed intellectuals to freely exchange books and ideas.
  8. 17. The term is used chiefly of an intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that accepted the existence of a creator on the basis of reason but rejected belief in a supernatural deity who interacts with humankind.
  9. 18. French political philosopher whose principal work, The Spirit of Laws, was a major contribution to political theory.
  10. 19. English philosopher and political theorist who was born in 1632 in Wrington, Somerset, England
  11. 20. he discovered the laws of gravity and motion and invented calculus.
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  1. 1. called the "father of observational astronomy"
  2. 2. is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.
  3. 3. is the 18th and 19th century movement that developed in Europe as a reaction to the excesses of Baroque and Rococo. The movement sought to return to the classical beauty and magnificence of the Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire.
  4. 6. a researcher develops a hypothesis, tests it through various means, and then modifies the hypothesis on the basis of the outcome of the tests and experiments.
  5. 7. relating to or denoting a style of European architecture, music, and art of the 17th and 18th centuries that followed mannerism and is characterized by ornate detail.
  6. 8. a spokesman for democracy, was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States
  7. 10. is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. ... It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual—like freedom of speech, press, and religion.
  8. 11. people live together in society in accordance with an agreement that establishes moral and political rules of behavior.
  9. 14. a fashionable assemblage of notables (such as literary figures, artists, or statesmen) held by custom at the home of a prominent person.