How did the renaissance contribute to the scientific revolution? renaissance thinkers encouraged individuals to question how things work, and scientists began to test these ideas with experiments during the scientific revolution. renaissance thinkers focused little on observation of the natural world, and the scientific revolution was an inevitable rebellion against this practice. because renaissance scientists were largely unsuccessful, the church was forced to fund a scientific revolution to improve quality of life. because renaissance scientists used such accurate measurements in their experiments, later scientists could drastically improve the scientific process in other areas.

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Renaissance thinkers encouraged individuals to question how things work and scientists began to test these ideas with experiments during the Scientific Revolution.

This movement representatives promoted curiosity, investigation, and discovery. The also prompted people to question old beliefs. During the  era of the Scientific Revolution, people began of use experiments and mathematics to understand those mysteries.  

Science and art were related. Artists, such as Leonardo da Vinci,  studied anatomy to better understand the body so he could better paint and make sculptures. Architects such as Filippo Brunelleschi studied math in order to design buildings. The true talented people of the time were often both artists and scientists.

Later, near the end, the Scientific Revolution began. This was a time of great advances in science and mathematics and inventions of Francis Bacon, Galileo, Rene Descartes, and Isaac Newt changed the world.  

the expansion of the rule of empires over other territories took place as a result of several reasons including economic, ethnocentric, political, and religious, and exploratory purposes.

in terms of economic purposes: imperial governments aimed to maximize profits and with that purpose they neeeded cheap labor, access to or control of markets to sell or buy products. they also desired to find natural resources (precious metals and land). in the awake of   industrial revolution, dependent colonies provided the necessary raw materials that european factories and market needed to manufacture products.  

ethnocentric: many territories were conquered by imperial territories in an attempt to spread their cultures, values and belief as they considered them to be superior. in the late 19th century, for example, european powers held   the racist belief that inferior races should be conquered in order to “civilize” them.

political: another reason that drove conquer and expansion was patriotism and growing imperial power. it refers to national prestige, pride, and security. empires sought strategic territory to ensure access for their navies and armies around the world.

religious: the aim of converting new member of other religions was another factor that prompted expansion.   christian missionaries from europe established churches in conquered territories during the nineteenth century. thus, they spread western cultural values. furthermore, the imperial nation’s language was spread as well, through educational and religious interactions.

exploratory: imperial nations or their citizens aimed to explore territory that was unknown to them,   for different purposes including medical or scientific research, however, at the very   beginning, they did it to embark on adventure. furthermore, imperial explorers sought to discover, map, and claim territory before their imperial competition did, for national and personal glory as well as to realize the imperialist goal of expansion.