1. Geocentric vs. heliocentric connection between the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment the Church & Galileo Causes of the Scientific Revolution Nicolaus Copernicus Johannes Kepler Steps of the scientific method European age of exploration and scientific research Galileo Galilei Isaac Newton’s law of universal gravitation Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems Scientists reluctancy to publish findings: Why?

2. Voltaire Cesare Beccaria Thomas Hobbes Montesquieu the philosophes – beliefs the cultural and intellectual capital of Europe in the 1700s - Paris John Locke effects of the Enlightenment Enlightenment-era salon Denis Diderot The discovery of the New World and scientific research The printing press

3. The spread of Enlightenment ideas: How? European middle class & Enlightenment ideas the neoclassical style of art enlightened despot Frederick the GreatBritain's Navigation Acts in the 1660s the Stamp Act, 1765 the American colonists & the Stamp Act the Boston Tea Party the Second Continental Congress the Declaration of Independence the American Revolution: Why successful?

4. Thomas Jefferson the Constitution & Enlightenment ideas a federal system the Bill of Rights Core concepts of the Enlightenment