Enlightenment Test

earth centered universe

sun centered universe

• -logical method for gathering data & testing ideas through experimentation
• -sir francis bacon helped develop it

-citizens give up power to a central gov. in exchange for security

• GOVERNMENT
• -rule of law

• -developed the heliocentric theory
• -25 years of studying the planets & stars pointed to this fact

• -challenged several ideas held by the church & greek scholars
• -church arrested him & forced him to recant his beliefs

• -known for testing ideas using logic & math, not experimentation like other
• -"I think, therefor I am"

• -discovered gravity & laws of motion when an apple fell on his head
• -developed idea of god as a clockmaker

• -developed chemistry
• -theorized that small particles, atoms, made up earth opposed to aristotles theory of earth, wind, fire, & water

-believed man is naturally selfish & a powerful gov. is needed to prevent chaos and conflict

• -man has natural rights--life, liberty, & property
• -consent of the governed--man can govern self, should control gov.
• -role of gov. is to protect natural rights of citizens--otherwise they should be overthrown

• GOVERNMENT
• -declaration of independence
• -american revolution
• -voting

-individual freedoms/liberties

• GOVERNMENT
• -1st amendment

-separation of powers/checks + balances in gov.

• GOVERNMENT
• -3 branches who all check each other
• -pres. can veto, congress can override & impeach, judiciary can declare something unconstitutional

-consent of the governed--ppl control their gov.

• GOVERNMENT
• -voting
• -laws limit us to protect us

-citizens give up liberties for common good

• -rights for the accused
• -jury trial, lawyer, illegal searches, fair punishment, etc.

• GOVERNMENT
• -4,5,6,7, & 8 amendments

• -bcs. of scientific rev., enlightenment, and emphasis of proof people began to question god more than before
• -led to a rise in secularism=worldliness, devotion to things of earth opposed to the divine

• -philosophes taught that the individual could determine the right & wrong for themselves & change gov. & society for the better
• -sole purpose of gov. was to serve the individual
• -humanism to its extreme

• -first started disecting humans (illegal with church before)=this resulted in more accurate study
• -first vaccinations
• -small pox--dangerous at first

-time when scientists began testing old ideas about the world & universe, they questioned "reality"

-groups of scholars hanging out discussing topics