HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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The ideas of the Scientific Revolution were unprovable and dangerous.
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The ideas of the Scientific Revolution strengthened the power of absolute monarchs.
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The ideas of the Scientific Revolution proved that Islam was the true religion.
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The ideas of the Scientific Revolution challenged the power of religion.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Although many of the leaders of the Scientific Revolution were Christians, the Catholic Church reacted against the movement with hostility. The Church perceived many scientific discoveries as heresy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The thinkers of the Enlightenment objected to the absolute power of the royal rulers and of the Roman Catholic church. They used reason, or logical thinking, and science to attack this power. Their ideas helped bring about the American Revolution and the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -Today virtually every child grows up learning that the earth orbits the sun. But four centuries ago, the idea of a heliocentric solar system was so controversial that the Catholic Church classified it as a heresy, and warned the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei to abandon it.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: It promoted rational thinking and presented logical theories that weakened the authority of the church. Explanation: The scientific revolution challenged the catholic church and introduced people to new ways of thinking.
Detailed explanation-5: -Nicholas Copernicus and Galileo Galilei were two scientists who printed books that later became banned.