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-Astronomical model designed by Nicolaus Copernicus
-states that the sun is the center of the universe and the earth turns around it -
-the work is considered the precursor of science fiction
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-in this work, she refuses Descartes´rational thinking
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-lawyer by training, best known as writer and political theorist
-his work explained how the people interact politically and socially
-his most famous book is "The Spirit of the Laws" and its more than 1000 pages -
-his real name is François-Marie Auolet
-"people can understand the world through the reason"
-argued against organized religion
-books: candide -
- a protest to the British Parlament´s Tea Act of 1773, where they lower of taxes the East India Company -colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians and dump 342 chests of tea to the sea
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- in reaction to the British Coercive Acts, a series of measures imposes in response of The Americans Resistence to new taxes
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-wanted to change the tax system in order to increase the government´s money
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created by the members of the third state in order to protect their interests