1. Renaissance Ideas (1400s-1600s) New/revived concepts of thought – Secularism – Humanism – Individualism Florence as center Importance of Art and Literature

2. Protestant Reformation (early 1500s) Intellectual Revolution: – Influenced by Renaissance ideals of secularism & individualism – Challenged authority of Catholic Church – spread by the newly invented printing press

3. Scientific Revolution (1500s-1700s) Heliocentric vs. geocentric theories Scientific method developed New ways of thinking develop based on observation & evidence People willing to question previously held beliefs

4. The Enlightenment (about 1650-1800) Apply scientific method to society Proposes new ideas about government Philosophers advocate reason to discover truths Philosophers address social issues with reason

5. Enlightenment Values Reason Nature Happiness Progress Liberty How are the ideas of the Enlightenment connected to the ideas of the Scientific Revolution?