Here are the 9 primary source links for each person that is to be researched for this project. The rubric for this project is also attached to this message.
Copernicus
http://hti.osu.edu/sites/hti.osu.edu/files/dedication_of_the_revolutions_of_the_heavenly_bodies_to_pope_paul_iii.pdf
Galileo
http://hti.osu.edu/sites/hti.osu.edu/files/galileo_galilei.pdf
Bacon
http://hti.osu.edu/sites/hti.osu.edu/files/epistle_dedicatory_to_james_i.pdf
Descartes
http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Philosophy-Rene-Descartes-Philosopher.htm
Hobbes
http://hti.osu.edu/sites/hti.osu.edu/files/from_the_citizen_by_hobbes.pdf
Locke
http://legacy.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1690locke-sel.asp
Montesquieu
http://legacy.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/montesquieu-spirit.asp
Voltaire
http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/world_civ/worldcivreader/world_civ_reader_2/voltaire.html
Rousseau
http://legacy.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/rousseau-contract2.asp