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Aristotle explained the geocentric theory
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140
Ptolemy supported the geocentric theory
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1473
Nicklaus Copernicus reasoned the heliocentric theory
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1543
Andreas Vesalius published on the Fabric of the Human Body
detailing dissection of human bodies -
Zacharias Janssen invented the microscope
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Rene Descartes published Discourse on Method which set forth his reasoning
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The Baroque Period began in art,music,and architecture
Bach and Handel were composers -
Johannes Kepler published the first two laws of Planetary motion
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Francis Bacon published Novum Organum which encouraged the experimental method
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Robert Boyle created Boyle's law
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Galileo was put under house arrest by an inquisition for supporting Copernicus's theory
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Galileo developed the law of the Pendulum
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Evangelista Torricelli developed the first mercury barometer
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Thomas Hobbles published Leviathan- social contract
people give up right to a strong ruler who maintains order -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek saw red blood cells for the first time
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Isaac Newton published his law of Gravity
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John Locke explained his theory of "natural rights"
life, liberty, and property -
Mary Astell wrote A Serious Proposal to the Ladies
addressing the lack of educational opportunities for women -
William Harvey showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body
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Marie Therese Geoffrin held her first salon of philosophers
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Gabriel Fahrenheit made the first thermometer to use mercury in glass
32*=freezing; 212*= boiling -
Francois - Marie Arouet changed his name to Voltaire and goes on to champion individual freedom
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The classical period began in art,music, and architecture
Haydan, Mozart and Beethoven were composers -
The enlightened despot, Frederick II, began his rule of Prussia
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Anders Celsius created a scale for the mercury thermometer
0* = freezing; 100*= boiling -
Montesquieu published on the spirit of Laws
separation of powers in government -
Denis Diderot published the first volume of the Encyclopedia
A collection of enlightened thinkers words -
Emile du Chatalet (mathematician and Physicist) translated Newton's work from Latin into French
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Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote The Social Contract
Free individuals create a society and government -
The enlightened despot, Catherine the Great , began her of Russia
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Cesare Beccaria published on Crimes and Punishments
railing against common abuses of justice -
The enlightened despot, Joseph II, began his rule of Austria
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Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen
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Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Antoine Lavoisier discovered and named gas oxygen
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The U.S enacted the Constitution
established a federal system, separation of powers, checks and balances -
The U.S congress added the Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments) to the Constitution
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Mary Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women
promoting women's education as virtuous -
Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox
