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The heliocentric theory was that the earth and plantes revolve around the sun.Copernicus was challenging the geocentric theory, which was that everything revolved around the earth.
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Leviathan was writtan by Thomas Hobbes and published in 1651. This book influences the earliest most influential examples of social contract theory.
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Newton didn't have an old idea to challenge,but his new idea was about gravity.He was a key figure in the scientific revolution.
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The Social Contract is also know as the Principles of Political Right. This book was written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. This book was what Rousseau theorized about the best way to set up a poltical community.
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In 1776,in Philadelphia the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence claims the independence of the US from Great Britian and its king.
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The French Revolution took place from 1789 to 1799. The French Revolution was a period radical social and political disagreement in France.
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The Storming of the Bastille occured in Paris. The Storming of Bastille and the susequent Rights of Man and of the Citizen was the third event of the opening stage of the Revolution.
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was the first greatest feminist treatise. Chapter I was about the Rights and involved duties of mankind considered.
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His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of monarchs of major countries in European history. The execution of Louis XVI took place on 21 January 1793 at the place de la Revolution.
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Napoleon was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. He was the first monarch of France since the reign of Charles the Fat.
