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AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT. Scientific Revolution And The Enlightenment. Lesson # 8. THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION. 1600s – 1700s. New Discoveries. 1500s and 1600s. Shape of universe Gravity Purpose of heart Scientific method To discover, based on pure observation
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AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT Scientific Revolution And The Enlightenment Lesson #8
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION 1600s – 1700s
New Discoveries 1500s and 1600s • Shape of universe • Gravity • Purpose of heart • Scientific method • To discover, based on pure observation • To challenge the Church and oppressive leaders
Scientific Revolution p. 667 - When was it? 1500s and 1600s What did it change? The way Europeans views the world. What new approach did this lead to? Scientific Method (a new approach to science study)
Shape of Universe Sun Heliocentric Universe p. 667 – what did he show? the Earth revolved around the sun Copernicus
Gathering Data Used observations to verify and prove heliocentrism Kepler
Experiments and gathering data p. 667 1. What did he perfect? TELESCOPE 2. What did he declare? PLANETS MOVE AROUND THE SUN 3. Who (what) did he irritate? THE CHURCH Galileo
Gravity p. 667 – what did he prove? GALILEO WAS CORRECT (INVENTED CALCULUS TO PROVE IT) What did he say keeps planets in orbit? GRAVITY Newton
Purpose of the Heart p. 668 – What did new ideas in medicine challenge? TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES What did physicians do? MADE ACCURATE DRAWINGS OF THE HUMAN BODY Harvey
Why does this matter? • Challenge to the Church • Challenge to the Kings • Challenge to the “old order” • Galileo was even put on trial by the Church
ENGLISH THEORISTS Hobbes and Locke
Science effects Politics 1500s and 1600s • Scientific Revolution effected philosophers • Philosophers effected government • Government would shift from Kings (and dictators) to democracy
Scientific Revolution What was it all about? Was all about making sense of the universe What changed? People starting seeing order in the universe. They saw nature as “rational” and logical
If nature is rational, should man be? Why do we have governments? To keep order & protect us Do all governments do that? NO! Some are in power so they can take advantage of that power.
Who gives government power? Who choses a government? Thomas Hobbes said WE do Why did Hobbes say we have a government? To protect the evil people in society from killing the innocent people.
Social Contract What did he mean? Thomas Hobbes said we give government power to control us. He called it a SOCIAL CONTRACT We give up some rights. In return, we are protected.
John Locke John Locke talked about your “natural rights.” ? What was he talking about? p. 668 LIFE, LIBERTY, and PROPERTY
DUTY OF THE GOVERNMENT What did he say was the duty of the government? (p. 668) TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL RIGHTS What should the people do if their government fails to protect their rights? (668) REBEL AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT
FRENCH PHILOSOPHES Voltaire, Montesquieu and Rousseau
Government • Describe a “bad” government • Describe a “bad” baby sitter • Describe a “bad” teacher • Describe a “bad” parent • Describe a “bad” police officer • What do they have in common? ABUSE THEIR POWER • Describe a “good” government, parent teacher or baby sitter… PROTECT THE PEOPLE • What’s the difference?
Good Government • Responsible to the needs of the people it rules over • Fair • Trustworthy • Responsive to the voice of the people • Protects VOLTAIRE
Voltaire P. 668 What did Voltaire poke fun at? FRANCE’S BACKWARDNESS FRENCH GOVERNMENT What three things did Voltaire say a government should do (allow for) RELIGIOUS TOLERATION FREEDOM OF SPEECH FREEDOM OF PRESS VOLTAIRE
How to prevent dictatorship… • Make it fight against itself for power • Never allow one man (or group) to have all the power • Separate the powers of government P. 668 What are the three branches of Government? LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE JUDICIARY MONTESQUIEU
How to make government work for us • Force them to see all of us are born equal in rights • No special “ranks” • Rousseau suggested a government should be afraid the people it rules over might “remove” him at any time P. 668 What did Rousseau say government belonged to? THE PEOPLE Whose will did Rousseau say the government should represent? THE MAJORITY ROUSSEAU