Scientific Revolution &

Age of Exploration

New Inventions

• 1670s: Anton van Leeuwenhoek; microscope

• Early 1600s: Galileo Galilei; thermometer

• 1643: Evangelista Torricelli; barometer

Heliocentric Universe & Conflict with Church

• Copernicus: stars, earth, planets revolve around sun

• Galileo uses telescope to supports Copernicus

• Church forces Galileo to publicly deny his claim

Newton’s Universal Law• Universal gravity:

The Scientific Method• Rene Descartes: I think,

therefore I am

• Francis Bacon – rational thought & scientific experiments

Scientific Rationalism

• Impact on the Church:

• Impact on Government:

Colonialism & Change

Columbian Exchange

Triangular Trade

Europe’s Economy Changes

• Mercantilism:

• Capitalism