How are all three of these connected!

1. You wake up tomorrow and find out the
world is like this?
• How would your VIEW of the world change? Could you
trust those who had taught you before? Would you trust
your OWN mid?

2. SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

3. What is a Revolution? DW
A Revolution is a complete change
of the way we think about things,
or an overthrow of a government,
a social system, etc.

4. SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION Don’t write
• In the 1500s & 1600s the
Scientific Revolution changed
the way Euros looked at the
world.
• new ways of thinking! Use
experimentation!
• Telescope, microscope invented
• Printing press spread ideas
• Math studied

5. • PTOLEMY (gr/eg astronomer 100AD)
said Earth was the center of the
universe (GEOCENTRIC MODEL)
*Church supported!
*Earth surrounded by crystal rotating
spheres w/ heavenly bodies stuck in
them. (10th sphere was Prime mover w/
God & stars beyond
10th sphere).

6. Ptolemy’s
view
Ptolemy’s
geocentric
model
1. Earth
2. Moon
3. Mercury
4. Venus
5. Sun
6. Mars
7. Jupiter
8. Saturn

8. • Polish astronomer Nicholas
Copernicus, in his 1543 book, said
universe is HELIOCENTRIC - sun
centered.
• Earth & planets revolve
around sun
• Moon revolves around earth, earth
rotates on axis (church upset, fear
all knowledge wrong

9. Copernicus’s
View Copernicus’ model of
the solar system:
1. Sun
2. Moon
3. Mercury
4. Venus
5. Earth
6. Mars
7. Jupiter
8. Saturn

12. • Johannes Kepler
said sun was at
center, but orbits
were ellipses, not
circles.

13. • Galileo Galilei- made
1st telescope
discovered sunspots,
moon mtns, planets
were solid, & moons
rotated around
planets

14. •Put on trial
by pope
•Ideas
against
Church
teachings.
(forced to recant &
put on house arrest)

16. • Isaac Newton-defined
laws
light & color,
laws of motion,
law of gravity &
calculus!
1. A body at rest stays at rest
2. Acceleration is caused by force
3. For every action there is an equal
opposite reaction

17. •Don’t write:
FRANCIS
BACON
developed
SCIENTIFIC
METHOD: a
procedure for
analyzing &
collecting
evidence.

18. •Don’t write!
• Bacon argued that truth could not
be known at the beginning of a
question, but only at the end after
a long process of investigation.
• experiments to prove a hypothesis
to lead to correct principles.

19. 1. Divide a piece of paper in 1/2. Draw a line down the center
(both sides).
2. Label them the following.
Ptolemy Copernicus Compare
& Contrast
Kepler’s
orbits only
3. In the correct section, draw that astronomer’s view of the
universe. (use pages 294-295 to help)
4. Label all parts of the universe (sun, moon, planets, aliens)
5. Use color. Be neat.
6. In the 4th box, compare & contrast the 3 different views.
What are the differences? What are the similarities?
7. Be sure to write in complete sentences. Be specific! Be sure
to describe at least ____ things about each astronomer.

20. The
Enlightenment

21. •The Enlightenment
PHILOSOPHES were
French intellectuals.
•Reason, law,
hope, progress,
themes of
enlightenment

22. •Said you should apply
rational criticism, study
society, look at facts &
use scientific
method to
make society
better.

23. • John Locke, said all humans
born w/ TABULA RASA
or a blank slate.
• All knowledge comes
from experience &
all people have natural rights of
life, liberty
& property

24. •Rene Descartes: Fr
philosopher who said “I
think, therefore I am”
•Doubt material world, trust
your mind.
•Use human reason &
question things
•Truth found after studying
& investigation
•Father of rationalism

26. •Baron Montesquieu: used
scientific method to
study govt to find natural
laws that govern social &
political relationships.

27. •Saidin the Spirit of
Law govts: should
have executive,
legislative &
judicial branches.
• Also separation
of powers &
checks
& balances.

28. • VOLTAIRE- witty middle class
Parisian writer.
• Believed in freedom of
speech & religion!
• Deism: religious philosophy based
on reason & natural law. World
ran like a clock
• “All men are brothers”
• “I do not agree with what you have to say,
but I'll defend to the death your right to say it”

29. • Jean Jacque Rousseau: govt should
secure freedom, equality & justice
(rule for common good) for all within
the state.
• Wrote Social Contract 1762: said
entire society agrees to be governed
by general will, but lose individual
liberty.

30. • Don’t Write!!!!! MAN IS BORN FREE,
BUT EVERYWHERE HE IS IN CHAINS
• Free people, remember this maxim:
we may acquire liberty, but it is
never recovered if it is once lost
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSxQuYGqTd8

31. •ECONOMICS-Said if
people pursue own
eco self interest, all
society benefits.

32. ADAM SMITH (father of
capitalism) govt should
protect society from
invasion & create public
works
•Govt should not interfere
by imposing regulations.
Called LAISSEZ-FAIRE- let
them alone

33. Descartes'
philosophy
Voltaire’s
philosophy
Rousseau's
philosophy
John
Locke's
Philosophy
Monteaquie’s
philosophy

34. AMERICAN REVOLUTION

35. •DON’T WRITE:
America was a
colony- so it was
run and
controlled by
another country,
Great Britain
which was 3000
miles away
•Britain has a
monarchy ( a
king)

36. •DON’T WRITE!!!!
Colonies set up for
profit, took natural
resources & turned
them into
manufactured goods &
sold back to colonies

37. *Britain needs $$$$ & passes
Stamp Act Tax, taxing all paper
goods, set restrictions
*Colonists angry (no say in govt)
Wanted rights & freedoms of
philosophes. Creates unrest &
protests
• 1st Continental Congress meets
to plan action

38. •Congress meets again
after war starts on
4/19/1775 when
colonists were
shot at by
Br soldiers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8waBR2Hpsgk

39. •Congress
organized govt
& est
Continental
Army led by
George
Washington

40. •Thomas
Jefferson
writes
Declaration of
Independence
•Adopted July
4, 1776

41. •declared
equality &
rights of the
people, reasons
for rebellion &
independence
from GB
•France 1st to
recognize US

42. •War ends w/ Treaty of
Paris in 1783, giving US
control of land E of the
Mississippi.

43. •Articles of Confederation,
1st constitution, kept
each state independent.
•Very weak govt (no exec
branch).
(no power to tax, etc)
•Meeting called
to fix Articles.

44. •May 25, 1787, 55 delegates
met in Philly for
Constitutional Convention.
•Articles tossed out &
framers write new
constitution.

45. •New Constitution used
Montesquie’s ideas of
executive, legislative &
judicial branches
•Separation of powers divide
power btw branches.
•Checks & balances allows
each branch
to check &
balance each
other

47. •James Madison wrote Bill of
Rights (10 Amendments)
gave basic rights of people
(speech, press, religion).
•States wouldn't ratify
Constitution w/o it.
•Seen as
proof of
Enlightenment

48. •Enlightened Absolutism:
rulers who used
enlightenment ideas,
but kept royal
power.

49. •Prussia: Frederick II or
The Great: abolished torture
& death penalty, individal
protects before law, granted
limited free speech, press &
religious toleration, set 1st law
code & education rules, created
agricultural reforms,
built roads
• Kept Serfdom

50. •Joseph II of Austria
abolished serfdom, no death
penalty, equality for all before
law, religious toleration.
• created administrative, fiscal,
& judicial bureaucracy directly
responsible him
• Failed. Upset many.
Nobles, serfs
unhappy

51. •RUSSIA: CATHERINE THE
GREAT: encourage
modernization of agriculture
& industry, foreign investment
in poor areas, relaxed
censorship laws, encouraged
education for the nobles&
middle class. (Favored
nobility)
• Expanded serfdom

52. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUaKcFI4BZY

53. Get in groups of 4 (teams of two)
1.Pick up 1 envelope, 1 game board, 1
penny, 1 Revolution page & 2 Will you/Won’t you
pages
2.In teams of 2, flip the coin to determine moves
around game board
Heads-1 space Tails -2 spaces
3. Move your token. Read your info as you land
on the squares. If you land on a crown, draw a
card & read the message from the king. As you
gain info, record it in the column you think it
belongs in (on Will You/Won’t You)
4. Vote at the end. Would you rebel? Explain!

54. 1. With your group, create a 3-5 sentence
Preamble to a Student Bill of Rights
(introduce yourselves, describe your
grievances)
2. Next, create a 10 Amendment Bill
of Rights.
a. List 5 Amendments you feel that
you as a student deserve, & the
Philosophes would approve
b. explain at the end WHY you
guys deserve these things!

55. FLIP BOOK
1. Cut out all 24 squares
2. put all of the WORD sq in a pile
(have a pic & a word)
3. Put all of the DESCRIPTION sq in a
pile (they have sentences)
4. Match up the WORD with the correct
DESCRIPTION (have me check them)
5. Glue together, back to back. Staple
pages together with THE
ENLIGHTENMENT sq on top