THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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the belief that the sun is at the center of the universe
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rights belonging to all people from birth
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the belief that the Earth is at the center of the universe
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Heliocentrism (also known as the Heliocentric model) is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the universe. Historically, heliocentrism was opposed to geocentrism, which placed the Earth at the center.
Detailed explanation-2: -heliocentrism, a cosmological model in which the Sun is assumed to lie at or near a central point (e.g., of the solar system or of the universe) while the Earth and other bodies revolve around it.
Detailed explanation-3: -The word “helios” in Greek means “sun.” Heliocentric means that the sun is at the center. A heliocentric system is one in which the planets revolve around a fixed sun. Thus Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn all revolve around the sun.
Detailed explanation-4: -This theory was first proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus. Copernicus was a Polish astronomer. He first published the heliocentric system in his book: De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, “On the revolutions of the heavenly bodies, ” which appeared in 1543.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Polish astronomer, Nicholas Copernicus (∼1540), proposed the heliocentric theory. (Actually, Aristarchus (∼250 B.C) had promoted the heliocentric theory but it was not popular in his time.) Copernicus adopted a heliocentric view because it better explained the motions of the heavens mathematically.