AP European History / Unit 4: Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments
4.7 Causation in the Age of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
Notes
The Scientific Revolution inspired using reason in society; the Enlightenment challenged absolutism and religious authority and helped cause revolutions (American, French).
Practice
The Enlightenment contributed to:
New political ideas.
The Scientific Revolution challenged:
Galileo.
An effect of Enlightenment ideas on religion:
Voltaire.
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