Question

World History 1112 Assignment #5

Directions: Create a timeline with the 10 key events and dates of either the

                         Enlightenment or Scientific Revolution

Example:

1686 = Sir Isaac Newton publishes his “Principia Mathematic”. The Principia is   considered one of the most important works in the history of science.

Answer 1

10 key events and dates of the 'Enlightenment '

Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679).Thomas Hobbes percieved that humans in their original state of nature were unhappy.He wrote 'Leviathan' and asserted that man was quarrelsome and turbulent, mentioning about the behaviours exhibited mostly at those times of his existence.

John Locke (1632–1704) : A writer and a philosopher who propounded the a theory of government that became known as The Social Contract. Locke argued that man is born basically good and has certain natural rights such as right to live, liberty//freedom, and property.

Baron de Montesquieu (1689–1755), a French aristocrat who wanted to limit royal absolutism.He wrote the book, The Spirit of Laws (1748) and urged that power be separated among executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778). Rousseau was a strong supportes of individual freedom. He opposed rationalism and civilization, considering them to be destroying rather than liberating man.

Frederick the Great (b. 1712, ruled 1740–1786) of Prussia. Awareness and improvment of  the educational system, allowed his subjects to believe as they wished in religion, and promoted industry, agriculture, and commerce.

Denis Diderot (1713–1784) He wrote 'Encyclopedia' and justified that all knowledge could be organized in a systematic and scientific fashion.

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