Study Guide Chapter 6
Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment & American Revolution
Geocentric theory
Scientific Revolution, 1500s-1700s
Heliocentric theory
Nicholaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Scientific method
Francis Bacon
Rene Descartes
Issac Newton
Examples of scientific instruments
Andreas Vesalius
Edward Jenner
Robert Boyle
Enlightenment, 1600s-1700s
Age of Reason
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Social contract
Philosophes
Voltaire
Baron de Montesquieu
Jean Jaques Rousseau
Cesare Bonesana Beccaria
Mary Wollstonecraft
Other women of the Enlightenment
Legacy of the Enlightenment
Satire
Paris
Salons
Diderot’s Encyclopedia
Baroque
Neoclassical
Classical music
Novels
Enlightened despots
Frederick the Great of Prussia
Joseph II of Austria
Catherine the Great of Russia
Northern America colonies (know map)
Navigation Act
French & Indian War, 1754-63
Stamp Act
Boston Tea Party
Battle of Lexington & Concord, 1775
Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
Thomas Jefferson
Battle of Saratoga, 1777
Colonial advantages/disadvantages during the revolution
Battle of Yorktown, 1781
Articles of Confederation
US Constitution, 1789
Federal system
Checks & balances
Bill of Rights