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It started in Italy and spread through Europe. Leonardo DaVinci was famous during this period. -
She was a famous french writer. In her book she denounced male writers who said that women were not able to learn.
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They were very wealthy and controlled Italy. The citizens of Italy thought they were corrupt. -
He used mercenaries. He also created a good tax system.
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Columbus had four voyages. The trip was financed by Queen Isabella. -
He traveled around the Cape of Good Hope and across the Indian ocean and landed in India. He collected spices to bring back to Portugal. The Portuguese later went back and stole the spice trade from the Muslims. -
It divided the new land by east and west. West of the line went to Spain and East of the line was controlled by Portugal. Spain had the right to all of the Americas.
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He believed that they could not reach salvation. His attacked the sale of indulgences. -
The travel led through the Middle Passage. Many of the slaves died on the trip. There was a lot of money to be made by the slaves. They were used in the triangular trade.
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They brought horses and weapons from Spain. They were under the command of Henry Cortez.
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He wanted to keep a Catholic Empire. He had a rivalry with the King of France. They were fighting over territories and it started a war that lasted 20 years.
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Prince Henry the Navigator funded his exploring. He found gold there. They called it "The Gold Coast".
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He was the first person to sail all the way around the world. He was killed in the Philippines by the natives.
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He was a King in Africa that wrote a letter to Portugal to ask for help with the issues of slave trade. The slave trade was decreasing his population. As slaves became more popular they were being taken from different areas of Africa. -
He brought with him horses and weapons. The Incas had never had these things. Many diseases all so came with them. Small pox was one of these diseases. Many of the Incas died because they had no immunity.
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Ulrich Zwingli was killed and cut up in pieces. John Calvin became the new leader.
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She was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I. King Henry VIII had his marriage annulled and then married Anne hoping he would have a son. -
The is about Protestant Beliefs. Calvin became an important religious leader. -
She wanted to restore Catholicism in England. She is called "Bloody Mary'" be cause she had the Protestants burned. -
This excepted the division of Christianity in Germany. People were able to choose their religion. -
He was the son of King Charles V. He was strict about being Catholic and was called "The Most Catholic King".
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He was the leader for the Huguenots. He converted to being a Catholic instead of Protestant so he would be excepted as a leader. -
This was an attack against the Huguenots. The massacre lasted a few weeks and killed thousands of people. -
The Spanish ships were defeated by the English. England remained Protestant and was a world power. -
It was issued by Henry IV. It recognized Catholicism the official religion of France.
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He believed in the divine right of kings. He did not want Parliament to have any power.
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Cavaliers supported the Kings and Roundheads supported Parliament. Oliver Cromwell was the leader of the Roundheads. After defeating the Cavaliers he had Charles I executed. -
The take over cause the Dutch to go bankrupt. The changed the name of the colony to New York.
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The monarchy had been restored. William and Mary took over the throne. -
Helped created a system of government with laws. Kings could not do things without Parliament being involved.