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Aug 19, 1550
Scientific Revolution Pt. 2
3 big issues: This shift from Cosmos to Universe also marked a transformation from an Organic Worldview to a Mechanical World Picture. That is, the Modern World Machine. All of this, according to traditional definitions, would have been rather important in itself, given the importance of science to 20th-century civilization.The scientific revoultion marked a new age for man kind. People became less interested in religion and more interested in science and human reason. -
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Scientific Revolution
3 imporant characters:Sir Isaac Newton: Sir Isaac Newton's book "Principia" states Newton's laws of motion, forming the foundation of classical mechanics, and also, Newton's law of universal gravitation, and a derivation of Kepler's laws of planetary motion. The Principia is "justly regarded as one of the most important works in the history of science".Nicolaus Copernicus has a work on the heliocentric theory of the Renaissance. The book, first printed in 1543 in Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire -
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The Enlightment
Issac Newton and John Locke with their essays Principia Mathematica and Concening of human understanding this took mathematics and philosophy to its greatest advances
Thomas Hobbes believed that a monarchy will keep away the villagers from selfishness his last words were "I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark." People start questioning the religion
Reasoning to Rationalism: It was more important reason and logic than information -
American Revolution: Conflict and Revolution
John Adams:A prominent Boston lawyer who first became famous for defending the British soldiers accused of murdering five civilians in the Boston Massacre.
Benjamin FranklinA Philadelphia printer, inventor, and patriot. Franklin drew the famous “Join or Die” political cartoon for the Albany Congress.
Patrick Henry:A radical colonist famous for his “Give me liberty or give me death” speech. Henry openly advocated rebellion against the Crown in the years prior to the Revolutionary War. -
American Revolution PT.2 Big Issues
The Townshend Act: The Townshend Act of 1767 authorized Parliament to issue taxes on in-demand imports such as glass, lead, paint, paper and tea. British soldiers had to be brought into Boston to prevent an uprising. Boston Tea Party:Angry Bostonians known as the Sons of Liberty boarded a British tea vessel dressed as Indians and dumped all of its tea into Boston Harbor in protest of the Tea tax. This event resulted in the Intolerable Acts. -
American Revolution PT. 3 Big Issues
Boston Massacre:Tension over the presence of British troops in Boston led to the Boston Massacre, the first episode which resulted in the loss of life. Four Bostonians were killed when Redcoats fired into an angry mob. -
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French Revlution
Napoleon Bonaparte -A general in the French. Napoleon’s accession marked the end of the French Revolution and the beginning of Napoleonic France and Europe.
Jacques-Pierre Brissot -After unsuccessfully declaring war on Austria and Prussia, Brissot was removed from the National Convention and, like many Girondin leaders, lost his life at the guillotine during the Reign of Terror in 1793–1794.
Charles de Calonne -Calonne proposed a daring plan to shift the French tax burden from the poor to weal -
Napoleonic Empire
France, Napoleon Bonaparte, Leader and main character of this event. Emmanuel -Joseph Sieyès, one of five Directors who constituted the executive branch of the French government. Roger Ducos, another Director, and Talleyrand. Issues:
1- Napoleon was granted the title of Emperor of France adn it led to various victories in land gaining for the French Empire.
2- Change of plans led to ethe lose of control over Egypt.
3-Napoleon loses control and is exiled to the island of Elba. -
Bibliography for Napoleons Empire
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Bibliography for Scientific Revolution
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Bibliography for Enlightnment
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Article Title: How the Enlightenment Affected Politics and Government -
Bibliography for French Revolution
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