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| the new way of thinking that emerged in the mid-1500s |
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| posed theories that brought him into direct conflict with the church. |
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| argued that people had a right to overthrow a government that does not protect their natural rights |
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| wrote "Man is born free but everywhere is in chains" |
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| Antoine- Laurent Lavoisier |
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| Invented the first periodic table |
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| Published a book supporting the heliocentric theory |
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| new approach allowed scholars to gain new scientific knowledge |
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| wrote that without government, people's love were "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short" |
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| written by Denis Diderot in order to promote knowledge |
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| country were the Enlightenment reforms of Emperor Joseph II opposed by the church and the nobility |
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| Who wrote "Two Treatises on Government" |
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| Believed that government power was best divided among seperate branches |
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| all planets travel at uniform speed |
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| achieved his breakthrough discoveries by illegally dissecting human bodies |
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| Newton's theories about the law of gravity where published here |
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| instead of returning to the Bastilee this person went into exile in England |
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| argued that the best form of government was an absolute monarchy |
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| imprisoned for the publication of the Encyclopedia |
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| was forced to recant many of his ideas by the Catholic Church |
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| Did not make any discoveries in anatomy |
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| the below average Cambridge student who eventually developed groundbreaking theories in physics |
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| One opponent of the Enlightenment's emphasis on reason |
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| The husband and wife team that contributed to the understanding of oxygen |
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