Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

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This person specialized in medicine, structure of the body, and human anatomy.

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Andreas Vesalius

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A period of time when scientists used observation and experimentation, not the bible, to understand the world around them

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Scientific Revolution

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A social contract is created by individuals to form a free society where citizens have the power. Which philosopher upholds this belief about the social contract?

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Rousseau

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The philosopher said people join government through social contract and are governed by the general will of the people. Who is he?

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Jean-Jacques Rosseau

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Model of the universe where the sun is at the center and the planets revolve around the sun.

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Heliocentric Model

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Scientist who developed three laws of motion, laws of gravity, and calculus

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Isaac Newton

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Enlightenment thinker that pushed for religious tolerance, separation of church and state and freedom of speech

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Voltaire

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This person believed all people are born good come out of the wound a good person but SOCIETY corrupts them

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Jean-Jacques Rosseau

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This person advocated for women's rights to be equal to men

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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Invented a telescope and used it to confirm the heliocentric model was correct. Eventually was put on trial by the catholic church.

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Galileo Galilei