Scientific Revolution Dbq

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Back in the 16th century, religion was a big part of the monarchy as the Catholic Church worked side by side with the king in carrying out laws and policies. There were a couple major revolutions and important advances in scientific history that came about and disapproved of the original ideals of religion, however some of which had little to no impact on it. The many European Wars of Religion that were fought after the Protestant Reformation was the cause of the domino effect of the declining centrality of religion in European civilization. One of the major revolutions in the beginning of the 16th century was the Scientific Revolution, which was a remarkable period in which there were many noteworthy advancements in both the science and mathematics …show more content…

In the document “Galileo’s Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina” in 1615, he wrote this “these people are aware that in my astronomical and philosophical studies, on the question of the constitution of the world’s parts, I hold that the sun is located at the center of the revolutions of the heavenly orbs and does not change place, and that the earth rotates on itself and moves around it”(Galileo,88). He is basically agreeing with what Copernicus said in his assumption about the rotation of the Earth around the Sun and going against the traditional values and predictions that the church had already set in …show more content…

The values and proclamations that the enlightenment brought to the table coincide with the French Revolution which sought to establish secular forms of government formulated on the values of liberty, equality and fraternity. All these principles that these thinkers passed down and assimilated into the minds of individuals was a step closer to weakening the authority that religion had over society and the wellbeing of the individual. John Locke, a prominent enlightenment thinker, said in his article “The Second Treatise of Government”, “if man in the state of nature be so free, as has been said; if he be absolute lord of his own person and possessions, equal to the greatest, and subject to nobody, why will he part with his freedom? Why will he give up this empire, and subject himself to the dominion and control of any other power?”(Locke 69). Locke is saying if we were supposed to be free to our own liberty and possessions and be in control of only ourselves and no one else can control us, then why would we want to give this up and become under the control of the

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