occurrences like the French Revolution (1789–1799)‚ the American Revolution (1775–1783)‚ and the independence movements in Latin America. The Enlightenment principles of liberty‚ equality‚ and democracy propelled these revolutions‚ which ended in the overthrow of monarchies and colonial rule. As a result of the American Revolution‚ the United States of America was established‚ a republic founded on individual rights and democratic ideals. During the French Revolution‚ republicanism flourished‚ the
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The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment Science tries to explain the world without reference to God or gods. It sees the world as an object‚ and tries to explain how it moves and interacts. Science is therefore distinct from technology which is a way of manipulating the world. Many cultures had technological knowledge‚ but scientific thinking was first developed in an extensive way by the Ancient Greeks. It was the Greeks thoughts which dominated Europe up until the Scientific Revolution
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Throughout the Scientific Revolution was a progressive movement that that place in the 16th and 17th century. Scientist and Philosophers would have to reexamine traditionally held values. Nowhere is this best exemplified as is in the reshaping of the European view of the universe. Since the Middle Ages the Catholic Church had followed the Ptolemaic model of the universe‚ a geocentralized solar system where the Earth is orbited by the various planets in regular‚ crystalline spheres. The Polish astronomer
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changed today’s reality. The heliocentric theory proposed in 1543 revolutionized the scientific world throughout Europe socially by sparking a scientific revolution and religiously by causing a major conflict between theologians and astronomers. The Idea of heliocentrism was the catalyst that sparked a revolution when it came out in 1543‚ thus causing many astronomers to join Copernicus’s cause which made the revolution into a major debate during the time of 1543. The heliocentric theory put forth
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The Scientific Revolution changed everything for Europe‚ but one of the lasting effects of this early period was a sort of war between science and religion. What is interesting is that this occurred at a time when the Catholic Church controlled education‚ and many of the early scientists were actually very religious. It is telling‚ of course‚ that this movement also emerged at after the Reformation and the Discovery of America‚ which both led to many questions that the establishment was unable to
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Galileo Galilei in the Scientific Revolution What would Physics and Astronomy be like today if Galileo Galilei never existed? Although it is taken for granted that the scientific revolution occurred and changed a lot of things in the sixteenth and seventeenth century‚ it pioneered all of the scientific improvements that stand in place today. However‚ even to present day‚ some scientist such as Steven Shapin argue that there was no such thing as the scientific revolution and that it was just a natural
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Sir Isaac Newton explained the workings of the universe through his laws of motion and gravitation. He used three laws to explain the way objects move when an unbalanced force acts on them. These are called Newton’s law. The first law which is known as Inertia‚ states that an object in rest will remain still and an object in motion stays at a steady pace unless acted upon by a force. The second law stated the relationship between acceleration and applied force which is expressed in the form F=ma
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The Scientific Revolution is what most impacted science today. It was a super interesting “Era” of Science. The Scientific Revolution is a method used by historians to describe the development of Modern Science‚ during the early modern period. Lots of scientists made an impact on Science but there are 3 that grabbed my attention‚ because of their contributions to science‚ and life. The first one‚ Copernicus‚ the second one‚ Isaac Newton‚ and the last one‚ Galileo Gallilei. The Scientific Revolution
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should contribute .The Sons of Liberty‚ a well-organized Patriot paramilitary political organization shrouded in secrecy‚ was established to undermine British rule in colonial America and was influential in organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party The name Sons of Liberty was derived from a 1765 debate in Parliament over the Stamp Act. During the debate‚ Stamp Act supporter Charles Townshend made a disapproving statement of the American colonists. Irishman and Member of Parliament‚ Isaac Barré
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Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727) was an English physicist and mathematician who is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution. His book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica ("Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy")‚ first published in 1687‚ laid the foundations for most of classical mechanics. Newton also made seminal contributions to optics and shares credit with Gottfried
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