enlite: the gang

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Across
  1. 1. (only goes by one general name) created the encyclopedia to 'change general way of thinking'
  2. 4. (ln)'discourse on method', investigative process + human reasoning, cant question doubt! therefore I am (catchphrase or something)
  3. 7. (ln), 'the spirit of laws', checks and balances, 3 branch gob: legislative, executive, judicial
  4. 9. (ln) matter is made of tiny particles, observed difference between elements and compounds, saw how circumstances affect gasses, (if you BOIL water it changes)
  5. 10. (not sure how to classify but hint its a ln that starts with vanLee...) improved microscope! saw cells and organisms for the first time :0
  6. 11. (ln) apple tree guy, gravity man, measured laws of nature, identified gravity, contributed to early calculus
  7. 12. (only goes by 1 general name)writer, used sarcasm to hide meaning, defended freedom of thought and speech in his works
  8. 13. (ln)believed in investigative process, stressed experimentation and observations, also practical technologies, (you use these to make _____!)
  9. 14. (ln) ppl are naturally good, 'the social contract', society corrupts ppl, general good of the community >>>> general will
  10. 15. (ln) supported copernicus' ideas, set up astronomical observatory to collect data
  11. 16. (ln) brahe's assistant, specified that the heliocentric universe was an oval
Down
  1. 2. a lot of space stuff, saw that the earth moves
  2. 3. (ln)assembled the first astronomical telescope
  3. 5. (ln) 'on the revolutions of heavenly spheres', proposed heliocentric universe, most rejected this theory (ironic lol)
  4. 6. (ln) 'leviathan', absolute monarchy fan, people were naturally bad, needed gov to control em, thought ppl should agree to a social contract
  5. 8. (ln) 'a vindication of the rights of women', women's rights activist, only female person on here (yikes)
  6. 16. (ln) first coined the term 'enlightenment' for the era, (CAN'T figure it out? use enlightenment skills/reasoning!)
  7. 17. (ln) 'two treatsies of government', govs should protect LIFE, LIBERTY,AND PROPERTY, absolutism hater!, ppl are naturally good, people can overthrow a disfunctional gov, LOCK the monarchs with limited monarchy!