Unit 4A
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27 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Montesquieu | He created The Spirit of Laws. He supported the ideas of separation of powers and checks and balances. |
| Rousseau | He wrote The Social Contract. He said that basic goodness needs to be protected from society. |
| Descartes | Has been known as the "Father of Modern Philosophy." he insists on the absolute freedom of God's act of creation. He was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution |
| Versalius | He dissected bodies. |
| Fredrick the Great of Prussia | He was tolerant of diversity and improved Prussia's territory. |
| Didêrot and D'Alembert | They combined information into one general encyclopedia |
| Cartesian Dualism | The premise that all of reality could all be reduced to mind and matter. |
| Scientific Method | A series of steps that are used in order to figure out the answers to questions/test hypotheses |
| Divine Right | God-given right to rule |
| John Locke | He believed that people are naturally good and there should be a limited government with the people's input. |
| Scientific Revolution | Most important cause of Enlightenment |
| Progress | The goal of Enlightenment thinkers was to create better societies and better people by getting rid of old traditions and embracing nationalism. |
| Copernicus | His hypothesis was centered around the idea that the sun, not the earth was the center of the universe. Protestants disagreed with this theory. |
| Catherine the Great of Russia | She was not tolerant and she improved education in Russia. |
| Enlightenment | An intellectual movement whose three central concepts were the use of reason, the scientific method, and progress. |
| Separation of Powers | the belief that political power in society should be dispersed and shared rather than focused in a single individual or institution. |
| Hobbes | He believed that people are naturally bad and that there should be an absolute monarch. |
| Voltaire | He believed in free speech. |
| James I (Stuart) | He was the heir to Queen Elizabeth I. He objected Parliament and believed in divine right. |
| Charles I (Stuart) | He slowly tried to make England Catholic again. He tried to flee and raise an army, but he was convicted of treason and was beheaded. |
| Charles II (Stuart) | He restored both the houses in Parliament. He had a tolerant rule and restored the Church of England, but had secret Catholic sympathies. |
| James II (Stuart) | He flaunted his Catholicism and suspend laws on a whim. |
| William and Mary | They were Protestant and willing to compromise. They were invited by Parliament to take over England as long as they signed the English Bill of Rights. They solidified the Anglican Church by coming into power. |
| Oliver Cromwell | He divided England into 12 military districts and imposed Puritan ideas of morality. Under his rule the kingship was abolished and a commonwealth or republic was formed. |
| Henry VIII (Tudor) | formed the Church of England or Anglican Church |
| Elizabeth I | She was popular with the people. She never married and had no heirs. Also, she was religiously tolerant and Protestant. |
| Limited Monarchy | Constitution or legislative body limits the monarchy. Gives Parliament more power than the King. |
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