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The author of "Observations upon Experimental Philosophy" and "Grounds of Natural Philosophy" was
The foundation of Francis Bacon's scientific method was built on
Galileo's idea that a body in motion continues in motion unless deflected by an external force is called the principle of
The French Academy differed from the English Royal Society in the former's
The Inquisition found Galileo guilty of teaching condemned ideas and sentenced him
During the seventeenth century, royal and princely patronage of science
The cosmological views of Antiquity and the Middle Ages held that which of the following was the center of the universe
Renaissance humanists mastery of Greek made new works of which of the following available EXCEPT?
The foundation of Rene Descartes's scientific method was built on deductive
According to Leonardo da Vinci, what subject was the key to understanding the nature of things?
The greatest achievements in science during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries came in what three areas?
As one measure of the French crown's terrible financial predicament, by 1788 the interest payments on the state debt alone amounted to
A successful slave rebellion against French rule occurred in
What was the religion of N. Europe during the Renaissance?
The Committee of Public Safety's campaign of Terror was directed almost exclusively against the Catholic clergy and members of the aristocracy and wealthy bourgeoisie.
The Bastille was a royal prison containing more than 300 prisoners in July 1789 when it was attacked by a Parisian mob.
The American Revolution was greatly admired by most Europeans in the 1770s and 1780s because it established a republican form of government rather than a monarchy.
When the Estates-General convened in 1789, the three estates unanimously agreed to vote by head
The clergy comprised the majority of the Second Estate
The Civil Code (Code Napoleon) recognized the principle of equality among all citizens before the law, religious toleration, and the abolition of serfdom and feudalism