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Revolutions
World History - Revolutions in Science, exploration, and government
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History
7th Grade
12/17/2013

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Gov’t should protect the citizens’ Life, Liberty and property.
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John Locke
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Popular Sovereignty
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Rousseau
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He Mocked the government and religion
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Voltaire
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Separation of Powers
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Montesquieu
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He was the first to study space with a telescope
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Galileo
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He studied gravity, light, and other natural laws.
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Newton
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He discovered that the sun was the center of the universe.
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Copernicus
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He discovered that planets have elliptical orbits.
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Kepler
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He was the first to sail around Africa.
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Vasco de Gama
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This time period marks major changes in the study of science.
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Scientific Revolution
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He accidently discovered America.
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Columbus
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A government where citizens vote for representatives to make laws for them.
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Representative Democracy
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A government where citizens vote on every issue.
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Direct Democracy
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A government where a King has all of the power.
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Monarchy
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This time period marks major change in government.
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Enlightenment
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