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Enlightenment People by Cassie Hancock
Describes philosophes and their ideas
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Gardening
10th Grade
01/12/2014

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Evangelists Torricelli
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Developed mercury barometer
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Rene Descartes
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Relied on math and logic to prove old theories
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Galileo
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Teachings conflicted with churches
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Francis Bacon
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Empiricism and experimental method
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Copernicus
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Heliocentric theory
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Johannes Kepler
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Laws of planetary motion
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Audreus Vesalius
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Proved galens assumptions wrong
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Aristotle
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World consists of 4 elements earth water fire air
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Hobbes
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Social contract
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Montesquieu
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Political liberty and desperation of powers
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Cesare boneesana beccaria
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Criminal justice (speedy trials and stuff)
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Rousseau
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Individual freedom: democracy and social equality
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Cornwallis
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Led British in American rev
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Louis XVI
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Tolerance toward non Catholics and King during American rev
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Frederick the great
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Religious freedom reduced censorship improved education reformed justice system and wanted to serve and strengthen
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Catherine the great
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Absolute authority and gave nobles power over serfs
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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Fought for women's rights
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Voltaire
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Fought for Tolerance reason freedom of religion and speech
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Robert Boyle
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Pioneered scientific method in chemistry
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John Locke
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Humans rights life liberty and property
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Zacharias Janssen
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First microscope
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Edward Jenner
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Vaccine for smallpox
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Newton
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Theory of motion
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
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Used Microscope to observe bacteria in tooth scrapings and explained red blood cells
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