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The Printing press was something mostly monks used to copy holy books such as the bible. Martin Luther used the printing press to copy the bible in his native tongue (German)
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The peak of the Reniassance was in the 1500s. The Renaissance was a time when everyone was sort of coming into knowledge that had been lost. Everyone had a appreation for the arts in this age. Lots of new artists came into light during this era.
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The 95 theses written by Martin Luther were a series of complaints he had with the Catholic Church that he nailed to the doors of the Vatican.
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The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. It is rumored that Leonardo Da Vinci fell in love with her while painting this portrait. Mona Lisa was Francesco del Giocondo's wife. This painting is a great example of Da Vinci's style of softly and heavily shading that was always in his work. He loved this painting and carried it with him until he finally sold it. This painting was coveted and is still coveted today.
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Martin Luther translated the bible into his native tonuge (German) so that it would be more accessible to the public. He finished the copy in 1534.
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Council Of Trent was a Roman Catholic Church council. It was considered to be the most important council.
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This period of time was when most monarchs in Europe became absolute monarchs, meaning they had absolute power over the people. An example of someone who was an absoulte monarch was Louis XIV, he ruled from 1643 to 1715.
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The Heliocentric Theory is the theory that the planets rotate around the sun which stays still.
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The steam engine worked using water as a power source. The steam engine was used in steam boats.
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This was a plot in 1605 to assasinate King James. It failed but the plan was to blow up the House Of Lords and when her father was dead they wanted to take his daughter, Elizabeth to be installed as head of the state at nine years old.
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The earliest telescope was made by Gallielo though many other early scientists developed telescopes. It was made up of a convex objective lens and a concave eyepiece.
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The 30 Year War is known to be one of the most destructive wars in european history. The majority of this war was fought in what is now called Germany.
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The 1st English War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations that took place between members of parlament.
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The first civil war was against King Charles I's supporters and the Long Parliment
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Though they were all different people strangely they all ruled at about the same time. The first Louis (XIV) ruled until 1715, the second Louis (XV) ruled unitl 1774 and the last louis (XVI) ruled until 1792.
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The second Civil War was
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Newton's Law Of Gravity is a theory describing the universal gravitational pull.
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This was when King James II of England was overthrown by a union of parliamentarians who had access to a huge army.
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The Age Of Reason was sort of the time everyone started backing away from the old Medieval Times and coming into modern philophsy.
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The French Revolution was a time when the french people decided they had had enough. They over threw the government violently. In this revolution many people got hurt. The Queen of France at this time was marie antoinette, she was one of the royals who lost her life to the people in this time period.
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In 1793 the cotton gin was built by Whitney. The cotton gin helped progress in the boom of the clothing line. It helped clothes become easier to make and more elaborate because of how easy they became to make.
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The first battery was invented by Alessandro Volta, he discovered the first form of generating energy in 1800. This was the first reliable, steady current of electricity.
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The first steel plow was invented by John Deere in 1837. It's main purpose was to break up tough soil without getting soil on it.
