Evelyn MR

By jradecsky
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    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Nicolaus Copernicus
    1. Earth is not the center of the Universe, only of Earth's gravity and of the lunar sphere.
    2. The Sun is fixed and all other spheres revolve around the Sun.
    3. Earth has more than one motion, turning on its axis and moving in a spherical orbit around the sun.

  • Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon
    1. Created scientific method
    2. Helped define the nature of science
    3. Help understand that velocity and acceleration relate

  • Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei
    1. Observations of the Moon and its phases and features.
    2. Observations of the moons of Jupiter.
    3. His discovery and description of the rings of Saturn.

  • Rene Descartes

    Rene Descartes
    1.Dioptrics - derived the law of refraction.
    2. Meteorology - explained the rainbow.
    3. Geometry - gave an exposition of his analytic geometry.

  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton
    1. Recognized the three laws of motion.
    2. Discovered gravity
    3. Co-developed calculus.

  • John Locke

    John Locke
    1. Social contract
    2. Religion toleration
    3. The right to revolution

  • Montesquieu

    Montesquieu
    1.The separation of powers
    2. The ending of slavery
    3. The preservation of civil liberties and the law.

  • Denis Diderot

    Denis Diderot
    1. Publication of Encyclopedia
    2. Explored all human knowledge
    3. Provided readers with a deep analysis of nearly all aspects of human existence.

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    1. Contributed to the ideas that would lead eventually to the French Revolution.
    2. 18th century most important political thinkers.
    3. Most important work on political theory, The Social Contract.

  • Voltaire

    Voltaire
    1. Attacked the Catholic Church and advocated freedom of religion.
    2. Freedom of expression
    3. Separation of church and state

  • James Watt

    James Watt
    1. Invented different types of steam engine that helped start the Industrial Revolution.
    2. Created compass and scale
    3. Scottish inventor and chemist

  • Adam Smith

    Adam Smith
    1.Smith attacked government intervention in the economy.
    2. Provided a blueprint for free markets and free trade.
    3. The theory of the invisible hand.

  • George Washington

    George Washington
    1. Led the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War
    2. First president of US
    3. Helped create the U.S. Constitution

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson
    1. Drafted the Declaration of Independence.
    2. He founded the University of Virginia.
    3. Jefferson succeeded Benjamin Franklin as minister to France.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    1. Wrote several successful operas
    2. Composed a number of symphonies and sonatas
    3. He created a new path and style of music that did not follow the idea of "divine inspiration" or tradition.

  • Maximillien Robespierre

    Maximillien Robespierre
    1. Served as president of the National Convention and on the Committee of Public Safety.
    2. Presided over the influential Jacobin Club
    3. A radical democrat and key figure in the French Revolution.

  • Miguel Hidalgo

    Miguel Hidalgo
    1. Uttered the cry of Dolores, which put the independence movement in motion.
    2. He managed to form an army made up of more than 40,000 people.
    3. Known as father of Mexican independence

  • Simon Bolivar

    Simon Bolivar
    1. Engaged the services of several thousand foreign soldiers and officers.
    2. Established a liaison with the revolutionary forces of the plains.
    3. Encouraged the people of South America to rebel against Spanish colonial rule.