HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Scientists used them to create more new inventions and theories.
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The government used them to make scientific laws
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Philosophers used them to think about ancient Greek ideas.
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Ordinary people used them in their everyday life.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did new technology such as the telescope and new theories such as Pascal’s Law lay the foundation of the Scientific Revolution? Scientists used them to create more new inventions and theories. Which of the following leaders pursued truly radical changes based on Enlightenment ideas?
Detailed explanation-2: -What role did scientific breakthroughs play during the Scientific Revolution? In the scientific revolution, scientific breakthroughs allowed the expansion of learning as more scientists kept on expanding on one another’s theory.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did the achievements of the Scientific Revolution contribute to the Enlightenment? The Scientific successes convinced educated Europeans of the power of human reason, which they later thought could create natural laws and solve the problems of society.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Age of Enlightenment brought us crucial inventions and discoveries in many areas including the circulation of blood, optics, scientific classification, calculus, the microscope, gravity and more while serving as inspiration for the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
Detailed explanation-5: -The reason why Descartes decided to set aside everything that he had learned and begin again was because he doubted everything that he learned–since he was always questioning everything to begin with.