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- Hooke
- Discovered cells.
- Lavoisier
- Discovered how materials burn.
- Locke
- Believed in natural rights: Life, Liberty, and Property
- Kelper
- Elliptical Orbit
- Beccaria
- Believed in reform of criminal justice system.
- Galileo
- Invented telescope; Discovered other planets have moons.
- Ptolemy
- Geocentric
- Puritans
- Religious group who wanted greater reforms of the English Church.
- Copernicus
- Heliocentric
- Quakers
- Religious group known as the "Society of Friends"; Hated violence and supported humantarian causes.
- Rousseau
- French Enlightment philosopher who believed that mankind was basically good and extolled power and beauty of emotions
- Linnaneus
- Botanist who developed first successful classification system for living things
- Newton
- English scientist; Discovered Gravity, Laws of Motion, Calculus
- Montesquieu
- Believed in Seperation of Powers.
- Pilgrims
- English Puritans who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620
- Reason
- Think coherently and Logically; Draw conclusions from facts
- Harvey
- Discovered Heart pumps blood.
- Scientific Method
- Approach to scientific research developed by Isaac Newton.
- Voltaire
- French writer and Philosopher who believed in religious tolerence; Seperation of church and state
- Orrery
- Popular 18th century that mimicked the way planets moved around the sun
- Sam Johnson
- Compiled first comprehensive English Dictionary.
- Boyle
- Discovered air is made of gases.