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Period: 1500 to
Scientific Revolution
Scientific Revolution Characters:
- Francis Bacon
o Scientific Method (1620s)
- Isaac Newton
o Universal Law of Gravity (1670s)
- Robert Boyle
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People began to use reason to solve problems like war, poverty and government.
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- The thermometer was created by Galileo Galilei and was to study stars and planets.
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Since scientists discovered laws, people have been questioning democracy.
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Age of Enlightenment
Important Characters: Voltaire: Considered one of France's greatest Enlightenment writers. Wrote poetry and plays like “The Maid of Orleans” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Great musician, composed, prodigy of classical music, composed some of the best symphonies of all time. David Hume: Scottish philosopher who made contributions to the areas of skepticism and naturalism, he questioned important established ideas like government organization and religious principles. -
Ideologies like Humanism and Skepticism were created, which gave greater importance to the human being instead to deities or traditions.
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People began to question established ideologies like religion and government principles.
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American Revolution
John Adams: Signed the Declaration of Independence along with Thomas Jefferson and Samuel Adams and was a strong supporter of the Revolution. Thomas Jefferson: Considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States because of the central role he played in drafting the Declaration of Independence. Samuel Adams: Political leader and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, he was also a protester of the stamp Act of 1765 and an organizer of the 1767 non-importation agreement. -
Great, historic pieces of art, music and literature were created.
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Declaration of Independence
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Articles of Confederation
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Treaty of Paris
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March of Versailles to bring the king and his family back to Paris
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Fall of bastille it was considered as a symbol of the hated Louis the king
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French Revolution
Important Characters: Napoleon Bonaparte:
Napoleon contribution was to mark the end of the French Revolution Charles de Calonne:
His contribution was to propose a plan to alter the French tax obstruction from the poor to wealthy nobles Lazare Carnot
He was a French soldier arranged to reorganize the failing war application against Austria and Prussia -
Flight to Varennes this was because the monarch was against the constitution and very unpopular with people
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Napoleon invades Syria towards the end of his Egyptian Campaign
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Napoleonic Empire
Important characters:
Alexander I Czar and Emperor of Russia. He allied with Napoleon, but ultimately he was a member of the alliance that defeated Napoleon. Gebhard Blucher - Prussian field marshal who helped the British army, led by Wellington, defeat Napoleon's forces at Waterloo. Bourbon - A major European royal family that included the kings of France before the Revolution. After Napoleon was deposed, Louis XVIII (A Bourbon) was installed on the throne. -
New Constitution approved by the French through a plebiscite.
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J.G. Fichte, a German Romantic philosopher and nationalist, delivers 'Address to the German Nation' in Berlin hoping to inspire anti-Napoleonic and pro-German Nationalistic movements.
