Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

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Across
  1. 2. Ruled Prussia as an enlightened despot
  2. 6. The heliocentric theory was proposed by this astronomer.
  3. 7. Developed the world’s first vaccination.
  4. 9. Greatly influenced criminal law reformers. He argued against the use of torture.
  5. 12. French philosopher who doubted everything
  6. 13. Scientist who developed the universal law of gravitation.
  7. 14. This enlightened despot supported freedom of worship
  8. 18. Believed that the ideal government was one that was freely formed by the people and guided by the “general will” of society.
  9. 19. Argued that the purpose of government is to protect the natural rights of citizens and citizens have the right to overthrow it if it fails to protect those rights.
  10. 21. French philosopher who came up with the idea of checks and balances and separation of powers.
  11. 22. The Father of modern chemistry
  12. 23. Created a large set of books to which many leading scholars of Europe contributed articles and essays
  13. 24. Russian empress who was considered an enlightened despot
Down
  1. 1. The first published scientific work based on observations made through a telescope
  2. 3. Known for inventing the microscope.
  3. 4. Stood trial and falsely confessed that Copernicus’ ideas were not the truth.
  4. 5. Ruled Austria as an enlightened despot
  5. 8. Francis Bacon helped develop this.
  6. 10. Dissected human corpses and published his observations which increased knowledge of human anatomy?
  7. 11. Mathematically proved that the planets moved in an elliptical fashion around the sun.
  8. 15. Advocated for the education of women. She also declared that women should have the same political rights as men.
  9. 16. Political thinker who believed that all humans are naturally selfish and wicked and that strong governments were necessary to control such behavior.
  10. 17. Ran the most influential of Paris salons during the Enlightenment
  11. 20. Denis Diderot published this set of books with a collection of articles and essays