Do NowBased on the chart below, how successful was the scientific revolution during the 1700s? What country played a large role in this “revolution”?
Rank these in the order of reliability:
• History
• Science
• Religion
• Politics
• Philosophy
Renaissance & Reformation
Renaissance
• Human power and strength
• Individualism• Worked within the
Roman Catholic Church
Reformation
• Denied human’s ability to save/help themselves
• Back to the Bible – not human additions
Similarities
• Shake the foundations of Catholic beliefs• Humanism = Back to the original texts• More voice for “nobodies”
The Enlightenment► Political History Political History Reform & Revolution
► Intellectual HistoryIntellectual History
Newtonian Physics Reason
► Cultural History Cultural History Individualism
► Social History Social History Increased Literacy “Age of Aristocracy”
► Economic HistoryEconomic History
Mercantilism to Capitalism