Anton was the first man to study using a microscope. As a scientist, he spent most of his time examining bacteria and red blood cells.

is for Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

is for Beccaria

Beccaria thought laws were created to promote social order, someone accused of a crime should have a speedy trial, and that the degree of the punishment should be directly related to the seriousness of the crime. He was an important figure in criminal justice.

is for Celsius

When Celsius was created, it was widely used to measure the temperature. Celsius was the second form of measurement on the mercury thermometer.

is for Denis Diderot

He created a large set of books to which many leading scholars of Europe contributed articles and essays. He called it "Encyclopedia" and began publishing the first volumes in 1751.

is for Edward Jenner

I introduced a vaccine to prevent smallpox. I also discovered that inoculation with germs from a cattle disease called cowpox gave permanent protection from smallpox for humans.

is for Francis Bacon

I wrote things that attacked medieval scholars for relying to heavily upon the conclusions of Aristotle and urged empiricism. I also helped advance the approach of the scientific method.

is for Galen

He had never dissected the body of a human being before, but assumed the anatomy was the same and studied them to discover more about the anatomy of the human body.

is for Hobbes

Hobbes believed 5 main things:

Had the awesome power of a leviathan. People had to hand over their rights to a ruler (social contract). Ruler needs total power over others. Absolute monarchy was the best because it could impose order and demand obedience. As well as, all humans are naturally wicked and selfish.

is for Isaac Newton

Isaac helped bring together breakthroughs in Science under one theory of motion that stated the same force ruled motion of the planets and all matter on earth and in space. He also progressed the scientific revolution and created calculus.

is for Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann was a German composer of music during the Baroque period. His music was a direct representation of the era when Europe was changing.

is for Kepler

I studied the work of Tycho Brahe and mathematically proved the heliocentric theory. I also helped develop understanding of the solar system, heliocentric theory, and put in motion the Scientific Revolution.

is for Legislative Assembly

This was a new Legislative body that was created in 1791 that split the court into left, right, and center. The right had people who wanted change in government, the left had people who want to radically change the government, and the center had people with moderate and abstain views.

is for Montesquieu

He created the book, The Spirit of Laws that proposed having a separation between powers would make it impossible for one person to gain too much power. His ideas would become the basis of the US Constitution.

is for Natural Law

Natural Law is the idea of using reason to govern. This was the basis of Locke's philosophy that men had the natural right to 'life, liberty, and property'.

is for Tennis Court Oath

Third Estate delegates broke into an indoor tennis court and made a pledge to write a new constitution during the French Revolution. These people also killed the King, Queen, and others using a Guillotine.

is for Peter the Great

Russian Tsar from 1682-1725 who modernized Russian culture, established centralized bureaucracy involving the nobility, and created Table of Ranks to allow common people to enter the nobility. He also defeated the Swedes in the Great Northern War.