Empiricism is the belief that knowledge can only be obtained through experience and use of the five senses. It became a popular approach to science during the later years of the Scientific Revolution. What effect did this belief have on scientific study in future eras? Scientists as a group became more opposed to religious interference in daily life.
Scientists became more open-minded about the results they expected to see in their experiments.
Scientists took a more deductive approach in their work--they tried to work our answers logically instead of experimenting.
Scientists became more biased in their work--they saw what they expected to see.

On july 4, 1776, thomas jefferson wrote the declaration of independence. the declaration of independence can be compared to a break up letter because jefferson explained why america wanted its independence from king george iii. read pages 516-520 in your textbook to discover why america wanted to be an independent country. you will write your own break up letter from the colonies to king george iii. your letter needs to be at least 5-7 sentences, include the issues/events leading up to this breaking point, and why the founding fathers felt independence would be better. remember! this is a “breakup letter”, so channel your inner taylor swift and make it creative!