The Scientific Revolution encouraged people to think differently.

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• The Scientific Revolution encouraged people to
  think differently.

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• People began to apply the scientific method to
  history, government, and economics.

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• During the 17th and 18th centuries, scholars had
  such confidence in reason that they believed that
  they could use it to free people from
  superstition, poverty, and oppression.

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• The importance of reason to this period has
  caused it to become known as the Enlightenment or
  the Age of Reason.

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• People began to ask questions. They began to
  criticize the old ways.

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• Paris became the center of the Enlightenment as
  French thinkers discussed ways to improve
  society.

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• In Paris, wealthy women invited philosophers to
  gather in their homes to discuss new ideas.

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• These meetings were called salons.

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• Philosophers began to discuss religious
  toleration and religious freedom.

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• They began to discuss separation of powers.

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• They began to discuss individual rights.

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• Once again, ideas changed world history.

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• The Age of Reason changed world history.