The Enlightenment Period and the Revolutions.

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  1. 2. was a French philosopher and writer of the Age of Enlightenment. His Political Philosophy, particularly his formulation of social contract theory, strongly influenced the French Revolution and the development of Liberal, Conservative and Socialist theories.
  2. 4. 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.
  3. 7. Trained in medicine, he was a key advocate of the empirical approaches of the Scientific Revolution.
  4. 8. was a versatile and prolific writer. His most famous works included the fictitious Lettres philosophiques (1734) and the satirical novel Candide (1759).
  5. 10. was a natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the sciences of motion, astronomy, and strength of materials and to the development of the scientific method.
  6. 13. government is one that divides the powers of government between the national government and state and local governments.
  7. 15. was a French political analyst who lived during the Age of Enlightenment. He is best known for his thoughts on the separation of powers.
  8. 16. also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England.
  9. 17. a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine.
  10. 18. Refers to what can be called natural religion, the acceptance of a certain body of religious knowledge that is inborn in every person.
  11. 19. the person who discovered that the volume of a gas decreases with increasing pressure and vice versa—the famous Boyle's law.
  12. 20. Janssen invention in 1590
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  1. 1. was an English writer and a passionate advocate of educational and social equality for women.
  2. 3. was a series of events that marked the emergence of modern science during the early modern period
  3. 5. large rooms that held regular social gatherings.
  4. 6. Copernicus 1543 theory
  5. 9. was an English philosopher, scientist, and historian best known for his political philosophy, especially as articulated in his masterpiece Leviathan.
  6. 11. was a physicist and mathematician who developed the principles of modern physics, including the laws of motion.
  7. 12. a viewpoint that people believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
  8. 14. in political philosophy, an actual or hypothetical compact, or agreement, between the ruled and their rulers, defining the rights and duties of each.