us history ch 5.5
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U.S. History
Chapter 5: Life in the English ColoniesSection 5: American Culture
New Ideas in Europe
•Scientific Revolution—period of great learning that began in the 1600s as European scientists, mathematics, & astronomers looked for explanations about how the universe worked
New Ideas in Europe
•The Scientific Revolution began in math & science and eventually affected
all areas of natural science.
New Ideas in Europe
Galileo Galilei
New Ideas in Europe
Galileo’s Telescope
New Ideas in Europe
What?! The Earth revolves around the Sun?!
New Ideas in Europe
Galileo on Trial
Thanks to his intuition as a brilliant physicist and by relying on different arguments, Galileo, who practically invented the experimental method, understood why only the sun could function as the centre of the world, as it was then known, that is to say, as a planetary system. The error of the theologians of the time, when they maintained the centrality of the earth, was to think that our understanding of the physical world's structure was, in some way, imposed by the literal sense of Sacred Scripture....
– Pope John Paul II
New Ideas in Europe
Issac Newton
New Ideas in Europe
Newton under the Apple Tree
New Ideas in Europe
•Scientific Method—carefully examining natural events & forming theories from experiments & observations
New Ideas in Europe
• Enlightenment
• “Age of Reason”
• Used logic & reason to seek ways to improve world
John Locke
Colonial Education
•Few could afford formal education
•Availability varied
•New England: education closely linked with religion
Colonial Education
• 1636: Harvard University established
• Education usually ended with grade school
• Some went to study in England Harvard
University Shield
Colonial Scientists
• American Philosophical Society: founded in 1743 to improve
communication among colonial scientists
Colonial Scientists
•David Rittenhouse: designed mathematical & astronomical instruments
David Rittenhouse
Colonial Scientists
•Benjamin Banneker: free African American astronomer & surveyor
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Published The
Philadelphia Gazette
Benjamin Franklin
Published Poor
Richard’s Almanac
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin Stove
Benjamin Franklin
Bifocals
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin Stove
Benjamin Franklin
Kite Experimen
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Benjamin Franklin
Lightning Rod
Benjamin Franklin
Glass Armonica
Benjamin Franklin
•Library•University of Pennsylvania•First president of the American
Philosophical Society•Police Department•Fire Department
Colonial Writers & Artists
• Anne Bradstreet: poet whose work encouraged the love of family & dedication to faith
Anne Bradstreet
Colonial Writers & Artists
•Phillis Wheatley: African American poet who used religious language and imagery
Phillis Wheatley