Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment

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  1. 2. this religious organization was against many of the teachings during the Scientific Revolution
  2. 6. ____________ and Greek scholars both developed scientific ideas that influenced European scholars in the Scientific Revolution
  3. 9. this period used reason to explain the universe and how it worked
  4. 11. he improved the telescope
  5. 12. a time period where reason was used to come up with ideal types of government and economy
  6. 13. He said that scientists should gather facts by observation and use them to reach conclusions
  7. 14. He said all people are born with natural rights
  8. 15. He said the universe can be explained by mechanical laws
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  1. 1. He said government should be divided into branches to create a balance of power
  2. 3. He challenged traditional beliefs by suggesting that the Earth moved around the sun
  3. 4. He developed the theory of gravity
  4. 5. Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes helped develop the scientific method by encouraging logic and reason
  5. 7. Ptolemy believed in a _________ universe, or an Earth-centered universe, which was accepted for nearly 1500 years
  6. 8. He said that planets follow an elliptical path around the sun
  7. 9. Montesquieu wanted this in governments
  8. 10. this group did not need equality according to Enlightenment thinkers