<span>A full Venus always occurs when it is on the opposite side of the Sun as viewed from Earth. (However, we cannot see the full Venus, because it is always very close to the Sun in the sky at that time.) Galileo used this fact as evidence for the Sun-centered view of the solar system: The fact that Venus goes through all the phases must mean it goes all the way around the Sun. In contrast, in the Ptolemaic model, Venus only varies between new and crescent phases.</span>
Answer:The time was ripe for the philosophes, scholars who promoted democracy and justice through discussions of individual liberty and equality. The ideas of 18th-century philosophes inspired the Founding Fathers to revolt against what they perceived as unfair British taxation.
