AP European History / Unit 4: Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments
4.1 Contextualizing the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
Notes
From the 1500s–1700s, thinkers used observation and reason to explain nature (the Scientific Revolution), then applied reason to society and government (the Enlightenment).
Practice
The Scientific Revolution relied on:
New methods.
The Enlightenment applied reason to:
Social questions.
The Enlightenment came mostly in the:
18th century.
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