1500s-1700s Was a period of new ideas, inventions
and changes in technology and sciences
The Scientific Revolution
Rely on logic, reason, and observation to explain the world – not religion.
SR : New Ideas
Nicolaus Copernicus-Heliocentric theory
Galileo Galilei -invented the telescope
Isaac Newton -Laws of Gravity
Francis Bacon - Scientific Method
SR: Important People and Their
Achievements
Renaissance thinkers
questioned old beliefs.
SR: Important Causes
Scientific and Technological advancesimprove life and led to many new inventions.
SR: Effects
Industrial Revolution
Began in the mid 1700s
in England
Shift from hand tools to large
scale machinery powered by fuels or natural resources.
(coal, rivers, steam).
IR: New Ideas
Labor forces: women and children Thomas Newcomen -built a more efficient steam engine Entrepreneurs – Person who organizes and manages his or her own business
IR: Important People and Their
Achievements
Began in Great Britain but soon spread to the rest of Europe and the USA.Inventors developed new machines
and changed transportation. This led to the growth of factories.
IR: Important Events/Causes
Positive/Pros Better public
education and social reformsImprovements in
healthcare, public hygieneAdvances in arts and
sciences
IR: Effects
Negative/Cons Widespread
pollution from factoriesLong work hoursChild laborOvercrowded living
conditions
IR: Effects
Apply observation and reason to human affairs.
Enlightenment: New Ideas
John Locke - Life, liberty and propertyCharles-Louis Montesquieu- Separation
of PowersJean-Jacques Rousseau - Consent of the
governed
E: Important People and Their
Achievements
The English Bill of Rights The French Revolution The American Revolution
E: Important Events
Equality and
rights for citizens
Helped shape modern governments – led to a period of violent change.
E: Effects
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