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Copernicus became interested in astronomy and published an early description of his "heliocentric" model of the solar system in Commentariolus (1512).
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The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory.
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A scientist that found out that Gravity holds everyone on Earth
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The stated aim of the Social Contract is to determine whether there can be a legitimate political authority.
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In January 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, an influential political pamphlet that convincingly argued for American independence and sold more than 500,000 copies in just a few months.
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On July 14 the mob stormed the Bastille to obtain arms.
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The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris.
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was the first great feminist treatise.
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It was a major event of the French Revolution. After events on the 10 August 1792, which saw the fall of the monarchy after the attack on the Tuileries
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has been said to mark the instantiation of modern empire, representing a transparently masterminded piece of modern propaganda.
