unit 6 vocab WH2

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geocentric

Earth centered universe

english bill of rights

a series of liberties all future kings would have to respect of english citizens

english civil war

a struggle between the forces of Parliment and those of the monarchist in england

scientific method

problem hypothesis experiment conclude repeat

heliocentric theory

sun is the center of the solar system

charles 2

the "restoration" of the king took place when this monarch was placed back into the thrown of england

divine right

the concept that kings and queens have been given there positions in life by god

absolutism

the idea that the king or queen should have unlimited power as head of gov

oliver cromwell

this man came to dominant in england in the period of time where england tried going without a king (he was like a cop)

william harvey

this man proved that blood circulates throughout the human body and through a system of arteries and veins

charles 1

this man was the first europen monarch to be tried and exucuted by his own citizens (his son later became king)

restoration

when english citizens decided it was necisary to bring back a king after a decade with going without one (restore the crown)

glorious revolution

when william and mary were invited to lead the english gov in a bloodless transfer of power

francis bacon

who created a new accurate way of conducting experiments

isaac newton

who invented calculud and defined gravity

galileo

who invented the telescope but was put under house arrest buy the church

copernicus

who said earth revolves around sun

johan kepler

who said earths orbit is an eliptical shape


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