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Cesare Bonesana Beccaria
________ believed that laws existed to preserve a social order, not to avenge crimes.
Isaac Newton
Who was certain that all physical objects were affected equally by the same forces? Answer with a single words or term.
Louis XVI
________ had little sympathy for American Revolution ideals, but wanted to weaken his rival Britain.
Second Continental Congress
________ voted to raise an army /organize for battle under the command of George Washington → American Revolution begins.
Robert Boyle
________ pioneered the use of the scientific method in chemistry (considered the founder of modern chemistry)
Galileo Galilei
________ built his own telescope in 1609, in 1610 he published Starry Messenger, which described his observations.
Diderot
________ created a large set of books (Encyclopedia), began publishing the 1st volumes in 1751.
Catherine
________ expanded her empire westward to Poland.
Federalists
________ promised to give antifederalists a bill of rights to gain support → cleared way for approval.
Christianity
________ taught that God deliberately placed the earth at the center of the Universe.
Colonial leaders
________ used Enlightenment ideas to justify independence.
Ptolemy
________ expanded the theory in the 2nd century AD.
best government
The ________ was an absolute monarchy that could impose order /demand obedience.
Angry war veterans
________ complained that Congress still owed them back for their services.
Members of Parliament
________ held legislative power /made laws.
Mary Wollstonecraft
________ published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
Zacharias Janssen
________: invented the first microscope.
Galileo Newton
Enlightenment thinkers produced 3 long term effects that shaped Western civilization: Belief in progress: ________ helped grow scientific knowledge in the 1700s.
European doctors
________ accepted ancient Greek physician Galens teachings as fact.
Rousseau
________ developed many progressive ideas about education, but believed that girls education should teach her how to be a helpful wife /mother.
Inoculation
________ using live smallpox germs were practiced in Asia for centuries.
Voltaire other critics
________ wanted to rid religious faith of superstition /fear and promote tolerance of all religions.
Philosophes
________ tried to convince monarchs to rule justly.
Scientists
________ made new discoveries in chemistry, biology, physics, and mechanics.
Andreas Vesalius
________ proved Galens assumptions wrong.