America's Philosophy of Rights Timeline by Nickolas Leal

John Locke

10604391 — 2024-09-24 15:58:35 UTC

Who is he?? He was born Aug 29, 1632-1704.

He was an English Philosopher whose works lie at the foundation of modern philosophical empiricism and political liberalism, classical liberalism particular.He was a inspirer of both European Enlightenment and Constitution of the United States. His philosophical thinking was close to that of the founders of modern science.

Montesquieu

10604391 — 2024-09-24 16:06:37 UTC

Who is he? He was born Jan 18, 1689-1755.

He was a French political philosopher whose principle work, The spirit of laws, was a major contribution to political theory.

Voltaire

10604391 — 2024-09-24 16:16:28 UTC

Who is he? He was born Nov 21, 1694 in Paris, he died May 30, 1778. He was one of the greatest French writers. Although only a few of his work are still read, he continues to be held in worldwide repute as courage's crusader against tyranny, bigotry,and cruelty. Through his critical capacity, wit, and satire, Voltaire's work vigorously propagates an ideal of progress to which people of all nations have remained responsive.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

10604391 — 2024-09-24 16:25:01 UTC

Who is he? He was born June 28, 1712, Geneva Switzerland- died July 2, 1778.

He was a swiss born philosopher, writer, and political theorist whose treatises and novels inspire the leaders of the French Revolution and the romantic generation. Rousseau was the least academic of modern philosophers and in many ways influential.

American Revolution

10604391 — 2024-09-26 16:55:21 UTC

The American Revolution was an insurrection carried out by 13 of Great Britain's North American colonies that began in 1775 and ended with a peace treaty in 1783. The colonies won political independence and went on to form the United states of America. The followed more than a decade of growing estrangement between the British crown and a large and influential segment of its North American colonies that was caused by British attempts to assert greater control over colonial affairs after having long adhered to policy of salutary neglect.

Signing of the Declaration of independence

10604391 — 2024-09-27 16:03:07 UTC

In U.S history, document that was approved by by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and that announced the separation of 13 North American British Colonies from great Britain.It explained why the Congress on July 2 "unanimously" by the votes of 12 colonies (with New York abstaining) had resolved that "these United Colonies are, and of the right ought to be Free and Independent States." According, the day on which final separation was officially voted was July 2, although the 4th, the day on which the Declaration of Independence was adopted, has always been celebrated in the United States as the Great national holiday-- the fourth of July, Independence Day.

Edward Jenner

10604391 — 2024-09-27 16:13:48 UTC

Who was he? He was an English surgeon and discovered of a vaccine for smallpox. Jenner was born at a time when the patterns of British medical practice and education were undergoing gradual change. Slowly the division between the Oxford- or Cambridge- trained physicians and the apothecaries or surgeons -- who were much less educated and who acquired their medical knowledge through apprenticeship rather than through academic work- was becoming less sharp, and hospital work was becoming much more important.

U.S Constitution is ratified

10604391 — 2024-09-27 16:18:54 UTC

Amendment (1992) to the Constitution of the United States that required any change to the rate of compensation for members of the U.S Congress to take effect only after the subsequent election in the House of Representatives.

Age of Enlightenment

10604391 — 2024-09-29 01:53:16 UTC

Enlightenment, a European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God ,reason,nature,humanity _were synthesized into a worldview that gained wide aasent in there West and that instigated revolutionary developments in art,philosophy, and politics.Central to Enlightment thought were the use and celebration of reason, the power by which humans understand the universe and improve their own condition. The goals of rational humanity were considered to be knowledge,happiness, and freedom.

Scientific revolution

10604391 — 2024-09-29 02:08:33 UTC

Scientific Revolution, drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries. A new view of nature emerged during the Scientific Revolution, replacing the Greek view that had dominated science for almost 2,00 years. Science became an autonomous discipline, distinct from both philosophy and technology, and it became to be regarded as having utilitarian goals. By the end of this period, it may not be too much to say that science had replaced Christianity as the focal point of European civilization. Out of the ferment of the Renaissance and Reformation these arose a new view of science.

Isaac Newton

10604391 — 2024-09-29 02:21:28 UTC

Who was he? He was an English physician and mathematician who was the culminating figure of the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century. In optics,his discovery of the composition of white light integrated the phenomena of colours into the science of light and laid the foundation for modern physical optics. In mathematics, he was the original discoverer of the infinitesimal.

Francis Bacon

10604391 — 2024-09-29 02:46:25 UTC

Who was he? He was the Lord chancellor of England. A lawyer, statesman,philosopher, and master of the English tongue, he is remembered in literary terms for the sharp worldly wisdom of a few dozen essays by students of constitutional history for his power as a speaker in Parliament and in famous trials and as James I's Lord chancellors and intellectually as a man who claimed all knowledge as his province and,after a magisterial survey urgently advocated new ways by which man might establish a legitimate command over nature for the relief of his estate.

Rene Descartes

10604391 — 2024-09-29 03:08:41 UTC

Who was he? He was a French mathematicians, scientist, and philosopher. Because he was one of the first to abandon Scholastic Aristotelian, because he formulated the first modern version of mind-body dualism, from which stems the mind-body problem, and because he promoted the development of a new science grounded in observation and experiment, he the development of an

Robert Boyle

10604391 — 2024-09-30 05:12:36 UTC

Who was he? He was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher and theological writer, a preeminent figure of 17th century intellectual culture. He was best known as a natural philosopher, particularly in the field of chemistry, but his scientific work covered many areas including hydro statics, physics,medicine,earth sciences, natural history and alchemy.

Andreas Vesalius

10604391 — 2024-09-30 05:18:53 UTC

Andreas lived from October 24, 1932 too August 26, 1723. He had lived for about 90 years until he passed away. He was a Dutch tradesman and a scientist. Who is he? He was know for being the first person too discover microorganisms. He had an important significance because he opened up a new world of microscopic life. He expanded the biological world with his detailed observations and experiments.

William Harvey

10604391 — 2024-09-30 05:19:08 UTC

William Harvey lived from April 1, 1578 too June 3, 1657. He lived for 79 years until his passing. Who was he? He was an English physician who had made his own contributions too anatomy and physiology. He was known for the importance discovery of the circulation of blood and the main roles and movements of the heart. His work was amazing and this had drastically changed the understanding of human anatomy and physiology.

Ambroise Pare

10604391 — 2024-09-30 05:19:24 UTC

Who is he? He was a French physician, one of the most notable surgeons of the European Renaissance, regarded by some medical historians as the father of modern surgery.

Anton Von Leeuwenhoek

10604391 — 2024-09-30 05:19:59 UTC

Who is he? He was a Dutch microscopist who was the first top observe bacteria and protozoa. His researches on lower animals refuted the doctrine of spontaneous generation, and his observations helped lay the foundations for the sciences of bacteriology and protozoology.