Chapter 6

ESSENTIAL STATEMENTS: 

1. Before the 1500s, scholars depnded on the church for thier answers but soon people wante dto find things out for themselves. 

1. The Scientific Revolution was a time in our history where new discoveries and theories were formed adn corrected such as Jenssen inventing the microscope. 

1. Teh 1500s were a period where religion adn science debated over who was right. 

2. During the Enlightenment, various philosophers wrote innovative ideas taht challenged authorities and social norms. 

2. The philosophes believe d that people could apply reason to all aspects to life just as Isaac Newton applied reason to science. 

2. All philosophers believe in the improvement of humanity and the right so ft the people. 

3. The spread of the Enlightenment led to key changes in art literature and govt, this time period brought modern ideas to Western Culture that are still prevalent today. 

3. Enlightenment ideas had a major impact in European society as they were spread by salons enlightened despots and the rule of monarchs who greatly reformed their states. 

4. The american revolution is a primary source of laws and right of goverment. 

4. The American Revolution was encouraged and influenced by enlightenment era ideas which helped to create the foundation of the US Constitution and Modern day America Govt. 

4. After the US won its independence, we used ideas of the enlightenment to build a basis of our nation. 

5. teh preamble of the constitution sets the expectations of the United Staes govt. 

5. The Enlightenment led to the shifts of power from the church to the citizens with the creation of the Constitution which allowed the flexibility with what they believed. 

5. Primary sources are esential to studying different time periods adn places in history. 

6. the ideas of the Enlightenment, kick-started by the Scientific Revolution, led to the American Revolution. 

6. A New way of thinking known as Enlightenment sweeps Europe and colonial America allowing new ideas and thoughts to be expressed, while the colonists used it to establish a Republic. 

6. Because of the scientific revolution, a new way ofinking had been developed and people applied the new methods to their lives. Teh enlightenment ideas not only spread across Europe, but to America.