Scientific Revolution and Political Ideas There are many people that did more than there share at finding out new scientific theories. Such as Copernicus, Columbus, Kepler, Galilei, Bacon, Descartes, Newton, Vesalius, Harvey, Hooke, Boyle, Priestley, A. Lavoisier, and M. Lavoisier are all people who helped with a scientific revolution. Yes, I know there are a lot of names but I will try to present most of their theories. Copernicus thought that the earth was round …
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…the Declaration of Independence. I commend Hugo Grotius for trying to unite the whole world under the same law. But you and I both know it is nearly impossible to have two countries to agree on anything, especially not the whole world on the same thing. William Penn of Pennsylvania believed in pacifism, which in other words trying to replace war and violence with peace. Penn recommended a gathering of nations committed to world peace.