Scientific_Revolution

Scientific Revolution Scientific Revolution The scientific revolution brought on new attitudes and beliefs. All humans were considered equal and born with potential for progress and improvement. This general thought led to new discoveries. The scientific revolution most obviously affected formal intellectual life, but it also promotes changes in commerce, politics, philosophy, and religion. The rise of commerce and banking ideas led to a commercial revolution. This revolution broke down isolation and integrated Europe commercially, not politically. A steady growth rate of colonial trade and internal commerce started an increase in manufacturing. Capitalism, based on demand and competition began. People began making investments hoping to return larger profits and began making trading ventures. All of the manufacturing led to a use of labor that was not for food. People were drawn into this domestic system and became materialistic. They began to focus on physical things and less on the spiritual world. A shift in political power also became apparent in this revolution. After the Black Death the citizens in Europe placed a lot of the blame on those that were in power. The king and his aristocracy had less credibility with the revolution, scientific, people, began, things, new, commerce, church, wrong, since, one, led, king, way, thought, system, saying, roman, power, monks, method, lot, longer, humans, created, catholic, calendar, became, around, another, world, trading, time, thinking, stone