Unit 6: ABSOLUTISM by Nayeli Ruiz https://padlet.com/nayelir043/a4n570enlg36 en-us 2017-11-16 21:33:28 UTC 2025-12-11 11:32:03 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. What were some of the new scientific theories and discoveries? (name at least three with three pictures) (SOL WHII.6a) nayelir043 https://padlet.com/nayelir043/a4n570enlg36/wish/207916477 Copernicus: heliocentric theory
Kepler: planetary motion
Galileo: used telescope to support heliocentric theory
Newton: Laws of Gravity
Harvey: circulation of the blood

]]> 2017-11-16 21:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nayelir043/a4n570enlg36/wish/207916477 2. What were some of the effects of these new theories? (SOL WHII.6a) nayelir043 https://padlet.com/nayelir043/a4n570enlg36/wish/207917755 Importance of the scientific revolution:
-emphasis on reason and systematic observation of nature
-formulation of the scientific method
-expansion of scientific knowledge]]> 2017-11-16 21:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nayelir043/a4n570enlg36/wish/207917755 3. Who were the absolute monarch families that we learned in class? (SOL WHII.6b) nayelir043 https://padlet.com/nayelir043/a4n570enlg36/wish/207918449 Louis XIV of France
 Peter the Great of Russia]]> 2017-11-16 21:43:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nayelir043/a4n570enlg36/wish/207918449 4. What effect did the absolute monarchs have on their countries? (SOL WHII.6b) nayelir043 https://padlet.com/nayelir043/a4n570enlg36/wish/207918971 Louis XIV: Palace of Versailles as a symbol of royal power
Peter the Great: westernization of Russia

]]> 2017-11-16 21:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nayelir043/a4n570enlg36/wish/207918971 5. How did the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution promote the development of the rights of Englishmen? (SOL WHII.6c) nayelir043 https://padlet.com/nayelir043/a4n570enlg36/wish/207920210 Oliver Cromwell and the execution of Charles I
-The restoration of Charles II
-Development of political parties/faction
-Glorious Revolution (William and Mary)
-Increase of parliamentary power over royal power
-English Bill of Rights of 1689]]> 2017-11-16 21:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nayelir043/a4n570enlg36/wish/207920210 Vocabulary: nayelir043 https://padlet.com/nayelir043/a4n570enlg36/wish/207920681 War of the Roses: struggle for English throne that will bring Tudors to the throne
Glorious Revolution: the bloodless overthrow of the English king James II and his replacements, William and Mary
Oliver Cromwell: English general and statesman; convinced Puritan; effective leader of the Parliamentary Army in the civil war
James I: the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland; was the son of Mary Queen of Scots; succeeded Elizabeth I
Spanish Armada: a Spanish naval invasion force sent against England by Phillip II of Spain in 1588]]> 2017-11-16 21:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/nayelir043/a4n570enlg36/wish/207920681