TIME LINE

THE ENLIGHMENT:
 IT WAS AN
EUROPEAN INTELLECTUAL MO
VEMENT OF THE 17TH AND
18TH CENTURIES IN WHICH
IDEAS CONCERNING GOD,
REASON, NATURE, AND
HUMANITY WERE
SYNTHESIZED INTO A
WORLDVIEW THAT GAINED
WIDE ASSENT IN THE WEST
AND THAT INSTIGATED
REVOLUTIONARY
Scientist Contribution DEVELOPMENTS
Nicolas Copernicus Proposed a heliocentric framework, that IN ART, PHILOSOPHY, AND
the planets circle around the Sun; that POLITICS.
Earth is a planet which, other than
circling the Sun yearly, additionally turns ENLIGHTENED DEPOTISM:
once every day on its own hub; and that IT WAS A CONDUCT AND
moderate alters in the course of this POLICIES OF EUROPEAN
pivot represent the precession of the ABSOLUTE MONARCHS
equinoxes. DURING THE 18TH AND 19TH
Galileo Galilei He was the pioneer of the experimental CENTURIES WHO WERE
scientific method and the first to use a INFLUENCED BY THE IDEAS OF
refracting telescope, with which he made THE ENLIGHTENMENT,
important astronomical discoveries. ESPOUSING THEM TO ENHANCE
Johannes kepler A key figure in the scientific revolution, THEIR POWER.
he was a German astronomer and
mathematician; known primarily for his THE FRENCH REVOLUTION:
laws on the motion of the planets in their THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
orbit around the Sun. WAS A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
Isaac Newton He was an English physicist, CONFLICT, WITH VARIOUS
mathematician, philosopher, scientist PERIODS OF VIOLENCE, THAT
and alchemist of the 17th and 18th CONVULSED FRANCE AND, BY
centuries. His scientific achievements EXTENSION OF ITS
range from Mechanics to Mathematics IMPLICATIONS, OTHER
through the laws of dynamics, Physics, NATIONS OF EUROPE THAT
Astronomy or modern optics. FACED SUPPORTERS AND
Andrés Vesalius He is considered the founder of OPPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM
modern anatomy for his significant KNOWN AS THE OLD REGIME.
contributions to the teaching and
learning of human anatomy. THE US INDEPENDENCE:
William Harvey He discovered the mechanism of blood THE US INDEPENDENCE WAS A
circulation. The greater circulation of the WARLIKE CONFLICT THAT
blood. I apply Galileo's scientific PITTED THE ORIGINAL
methodology to physiology and THIRTEEN BRITISH COLONIES
medicine. IN NORTH AMERICA AGAINST
THE KINGDOM OF GREAT
BRITAIN. IT OCCURRED
BETWEEN 1775 AND 1783,
ENDING WITH THE BRITISH
DEFEAT AT THE BATTLE OF
YORKTOWN AND THE SIGNING
OF THE TREATY OF PARIS.