The French Revolution years?
1789-1799
What’s the French Revolution?
A period of radical social and political upheaval that abolished the French monarchy and fuedalism
Why did the French Revolution happen?
Driven by economic crises, enlightenment ideals and the rise of the third estate.
What’s bourgeoisie?
A term that comes from the French fuedalism that is used for the rich class
What’s proletariat?
Popularized by Karl Marx and Fredrick engles a term that explains the working class
What’s the idea of Age of Enlightenment?
Centered on reason, individualism, liberty, and challenging traditional authority and emphasizing human capacity to improve society through logic science and observation.
What did Nicolaus Copernicus do?
Challenged the church doctrine of a earth century theory of the universe
Proposed and published his sun theory
What did Galileo Galileo do?
With a telescope provided the first observational evidence to support Copernicus
What did Johannes Kepler do?
“Three laws of planetary moon” mathematical calculations regarding planetary orbits that support heliocentric theory
What did Isaac newton do?
Laws of motion and gravity which applied to all planets and proved heliocentric theory
