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Regents Prep Day 7Printing Press, Reformations, and the Science Revolution
I) Gutenbergs Printing PressJohann GutenbergCreated the Printing Press Caused many changes:
Literacy increased in Europe
Books became cheaper & easier to make
Peasants began to become educated
Printed Bibles increased the spread of religious ideas and beliefs
II) Abuses by the Church
Church is getting rich off of indulgences (Ticket to heaven and for forgiveness of sins)
Becoming caught up in power instead of religious affairs
People believed the Pope decided who went to heaven or hell
Many manors left to the Church
III) Protestant Reformation A) Many Christians wanted to reform (change) the ChurchB) Martin Luther wrote 95 arguments (Called 95 Thesis) against indulgences and why the church / pope were corrupt.
III) Protestant ReformationC) Martin Luther believed Christians could only reach heaven through faith in God and by performing good deeds.
D) Luther began a new Christian religion, called Protestants, which did not include the Pope
IV) Calvinism A) John Calvin - religious reformer against the church
B) Predestination God had already chosen who was going to be saved and who wasnt.
V) Anglican Church A) Henry wanted the right to have more than one wife, and divorce them at his will. The Pope refused Henrys divorce
B) Henry created his own church, the Anglican Church of England
VI) The Church Fight Back A) Counter-Reformation - Church fighting back and making changes
Examples:
1) Ends indulgences 2) Corrupt priests were excommunicated (kicked out of) the church and priesthood
Science Revolution
Revolution
- A complete change in methods or conditions
II) Beliefs before the 1600s
A) Geocentric Theory - Earth was the center of the universe
B) All things came from God and happened because of God
III) Scientific Revolution
A) Scientific Revolution a completechange in how the world was viewed
B) Scientists question church teachings
C) Everything that happens can be explained through science, observation, and experiments
D) Scientific method step-by-step process used to prove or disapprove a hypothesis
IV) Science Revolution Scientists
E) Copernicus heliocentric theory (earth and and planets revolve around the sun)
F) Galileo telescope / studied astronomy
G) Newton Studied gravity