Name: September 9, 2016
Humanities Making Thirteen Colonies
Directions: Finish reading chapter 1 in Making Thirteen Colonies. Answer the following questions below, responding in complete sentences and using textual evidence and analysis. This assignment is due Monday, September 12th. Proofread your work carefully.
1.What is the main idea of this chapter?
This chapter is about the people questioning religion and embracing modern day science. “New thinkers, like the italian scientist Galileo Galilei, were actually saying that Aristotle, the greatest of scientist, had some ideas that were wrong! Galileo even whispered that Nicolis Capricornus might be right. Capricornus, a polished astronomer, had said the sun, not the earth is this center of the universe. How could that be? Everyone knew that the planets and stars and sun all revolved around the earth. If that idea was wrong then the pope and all of Europe’s rulers were wrong.” This quote basically sums up the whole chapter. During the Medieval Era Europe was able to rely off of Guy de Chauliac practices. But as time went by and more deep thinkers were put to science, they started to realize God and science are unrelated. If the pope was wrong and the he was answering to God, then God was wrong. People’s faith were getting weaker and that caused more and more focus on science.
2 Identify/Define the following names/terms:
(no textual evidence needed for these)
a. Galileo Galilei:
Galileo Galilei was a man who supported Nicholas Copernicus and changed Europe and the rest of the world for the rest of time. He also had many inventions such as a more powerful telescope and made the mysteries of the sky more clear with scientific order.
b. Nicholas Copernicus:
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer who challenged the great scientist Aristotle and all the European rulers and the Pope about the science behind the universe.
3. How did Copernicus, and later Galileo, challenge religion and tradition in the sixteenth century?
Copernicus and Galileo challenged the church and its geocentric tradition and as a result they were labeled as misguided. Since the Church was very defensive and ostracized Copernicus and Galileo they were able to make a name for themselves. People started to move into more modern scientific thinking.