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This philosopher was the author of the first Encyclopedia. He believed that knowledge would give man the power to change the common way of thinking.
He was instrumental in establishing the heliocentric theory, and that the planets orbited the sun in perfect circles.
This philosopher believed in the freedom of speech and the freedom of religion. He believed that there should be a separation of church and state.
The czar of Russia who tried to replace traditional social and political systems with ones that were modern, scientific, and more like western Europe.
Czar of Russia who expanded the size of Russia by using his military, and was so harsh that he killed his own son.
This philosopher believed that all humans were born with natural rights, and that there should be an agreement between the citizens and their government. It was the government’s responsibility to protect the rights of the people. If the government did not protect these rights, then the people had the right to create a new government.
This philosopher believed that popular sovereignty should be used to create a limited government, as the government’s power would be limited by what the majority of citizens wanted.
This philosopher focused on governmental organization by promoting separation of powers and checks and balances. This would limit the government’s powers because each branch could check the others’ powers.
This astronomer proved the heliocentric theory to be correct, but was later tried for heresy by the Catholic Church and spent the end of his life under house arrest.
The king of France who got rid of the Edict of Nantes, and did not let the Estates-General to make government decisions.
He built upon the heliocentric theory by discovering that the planets did not move in perfect circles, but they moved in elliptical orbits.
This philosopher believed that humans were naturally selfish, violent, and nasty, and they needed a strong authoritarian government to make decisions for them. He felt that all individuals should give up some rights for the sake of protection.
This philosopher was an advocate of women’s rights, and believed that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear to be only because they lack education.
The Catholic Church agreed with the teachings of this astronomer who created the geocentric theory of the universe.
The father of the scientific method gave a logical step-by-step process for finding answers to questions and theories.
His laws of gravity and motion helped explain how the planets were kept in orbit by the pull of the sun’s gravity.
The king of England who signed the Great Charter in 1215 which limited his powers.

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