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