From the late 1760s to July 4,1776, American colonists moved from merely protesting the decisions of King and Parliament to a Declaration of Independence and a Revolutionary War to overthrow that authority. Using both your own knowledge and the documents provided, identify and discuss the turning points which marked this changing relationship.
This DBQ looks at the Scientific Revolution and the changes it made on Western views on nature through 8 primary or secondary source documents with works from Ptolemy (map), the Bible, Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Francis Bacon, Rene Descartes and Isaac Newton. Each document is followed by at least one constructed response question and a summary essay question using the documents.
Analyze how political, religious and social factors affected the work of scientists in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Science has made many leaps forward throughout the centuries, bringing the world advancements it has never imagined. People may argue the negatives and positives of science these days and centuries ago it was no different.
General Information on the DBQ The required DBQ differs from the standard essays in its emphasis on your ability to analyze and synthesize historical data and assess verbal, quantitative, or pictorial materials as historical evidence. Like the standard essays, however, the DBQ is judged on its thesis and argument.