Title: The Scientific Revolution paves the way for the Enlightenment
1The Scientific Revolution paves the way for the
Enlightenment
2Why did the Scientific Revolution come about?
- Definition- new way of thinking about the natural
world - Renaissance inspired
- Reformation challenged Church/Scientific
Revolution challenged science - Referenced past if true/false
- Implications with the Church
- Fueled the way for exploration
- Development of scientific method
3Key People of Scientific Revolution
Geocentrism vs. Heliocentrism
4Galileo Galilei vs. the Church
5Reject old ideas, experiment
6Isaac Newtons Idea of Gravity
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8Jenner
Fahrenheit
Celsius
9Characteristics of the Enlightenment
- aka Age of Reason
- Height in mid-1700s
- Philosophes
- Paris
- Salons
105 Important Concepts of the Philosophy
- Reason- discover truth
- Nature- good and reasonable
- Happiness- dont accept misery
- Progress- improve society
- Liberty- envied Britain
11Key People in Politics
Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire- Raised doubts
12Baron Charles de Montesquieu- Separation of Powers
13- Jean Jaques Rousseau- raised doubts
14Denis Diderot- Encyclopedia
15Women- Mary Astell, Mary Wollstonecraft
16Immanuel Kant
- One of the most influential thinkers of modern
Europe and of the late Enlightenment
17John Locke- positive view
18Thomas Hobbes- negative view
19Spread of Enlightenment into Art and Literature
- Baroque- grand, ornate style 1600s and early
1700s - Versailles
- Bach Handel
- Late 1700s, after Enlightenment ideas-
neoclassical - New classical
- Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
- Popularity of Novel
20Enlightened Despots
- Supported philosophes, but not giving up power
- Changes made two ways
- Make countries stronger
- Make own rule more effective
- Frederick the Great of Prussia
- Joseph II of Austria
- Catherine the Great of Russia
21Impact of Enlightenment
- Challenged long-held ideas about society
- Divine right
- Union of church and state
- Encouraged monarchs to make reforms
- Inspired revolutions
- American
- French
- Latin American
22Define the word- revolution.What are causes of a
revolution?