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- 2. A French writer whose ideas about separation of powers and checks and balances became the basis for the United States Constitution
- 3. A French writer and individualist. Disagreed with with most philosophers and wanted 100% democracy
- 4. A Polish priest/astronomer, studied planetary patterns, confirmed heliocentric ideas
- 6. A philosopher who believed in self government and all people are born free and equal, with three natural rights, life, liberty, and property
- 8. music, literature, painting, and architecture of the 1600's and early 1700's which was grand and quite complex
- 9. A French social critic
- 10. agreement by which people gave all their rights to an all powerful government
- 12. A social gathering which brought together philosophers, writers, artists, and scientists to exchange ideas.
- 16. A time period when old, unproven ideas were replaced with proven theories.
- 20. A monarch who respected the people’s rights
- 21. And English scientist/mathematician/physicist, created 3 Laws of Motion
- 22. who was writer who often used satire against his the people he criticized in his writings
- 23. French mathematician, created a bridge between algebra and geometry, called analytical geometry
- 25. Earth is the center of the universe
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- 1. An English political figure/writer, interested in science, urged scientists to experiment.
- 2. Argued that women, like men, need education to become virtuous and useful. Wollstonecraft also urged women to enter the male-dominated fields of medicine and politics
- 5. A pen name for François Marie
- 7. A procedure used to gather ideas and test them
- 11. Sun is the center of the universe
- 13. Assistant to Tycho Brahe, mathematician, and Created Planetary Laws of Motion
- 14. An Italian scientist/astronomer, built his own telescope
- 15. The artistic style of the late 1700's that was a simple and elegant style that borrowed ideas and themes from classical Greece and Rome
- 17. Often read the works of philosophers, communicated with Voltaire. She ruled with absolute authority but also sought to reform Russia
- 18. A Danish astronomer, recorded movement of planets.
- 19. an intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems
- 24. created a book that was compiled of articles from other well known authors, named it Encyclopedia.
