THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Ptolemy
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Galileo Galilei
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Johannes Kepler
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Detailed explanation-1: -Both scientists and philosophers of this period rejected the ideas of the Middle Ages, which they believed were based on superstition and not reason. They also challenged the authority of the Catholic Church, which had rejected the ideas of Copernicus and Galileo, and were critical of the Divine Right Theory.
Detailed explanation-2: -It represented a challenge of the authority of God and the Catholic church. A similar questioning of God’s control of the natural world was made by Isaac Newton with his theory of gravity.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Scientific Revolution made an enormous impact. First, it destroyed the medieval worldview. This was huge-it totally changed the way people saw the universe and their place in it. Second, it opened the door to modern science and philosophy based on observation, experimentation, and careful reasoning.