The Scientific Revolution led to the Enlightenment, a major European intellectual movement that applied reason to all human experience. The English mathematician Sir Isaac Newton was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution. His fundamental scientific insight, that the physical world operated according to natural laws discovered through scientific investigation, influenced every area of Enlightenment thought.
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Lesson 1: The Scientific Revolution
Causes of the Scientific Revolution
Scientific Breakthroughs
The Ptolemaic System
Copernicus and Kepler
Galileo's Discoveries
Newton's View of the Universe
Breakthroughs in Medicine and Chemistry
Women's Contributions
Philosophy and Reason
Descartes and Rationalism
Bacon and the Scientific Method
Lesson 2: The Ideas of the Enlightenment
Ideas of the Philosophes
The Role of Philosophy
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Diderot
New Social Sciences
The Spread of Ideas
The Social Contract
Women's Rights
The Growth of Reading
Religion in the Enlightenment
Enlightenment and the Arts
Architecture and Art
Music
Lesson 3: Enlightened Absolutism and the Balance of Power
Enlightenment and Absolutism
The Seven Years’ War
The War in Europe
The War in India
The War in North America
Lesson 4: The American Revolution
Britain and the American Revolution
The American Revolution Begins
Common Sense
The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
British Defeat
The Birth of a New Nation
The Constitution
The Bill of Rights
Chapter Introduction
Chapter Reading Guide
Chapter Review Sheet
Chapter Study Guide
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