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Scientific Revolution Important People
The Scientific Revolution refers to historical changes in thought & belief, to changes in social & institutional organization, that unfolded in Europe
It started with Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543), who asserted a heliocentric (sun-centered) cosmos Galileo Galilei was the first person to study the sky with a telescope. He discovered craters and mountains on the moon. It ended with Isaac Newton (1642-1727), who proposed universal laws and a Mechanical Universe. -
Period: 1550 to
Scientific Revolution Events
1543: Nicolas Copernicus Publishes De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of Celestial Bodies) Copernicus' masterwork; he sets out the heliocentric theory. 1610: Galileo Publishes Messenger of the Heavens Galileo's 24-page booklet describes his telescopic observations of the moon's surface, and of Jupiter's moons, making the Church uneasy. 1637: Rene Descartes Publishes Geometry, where he discusses how motion may be represented as a curve along a graph. -
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The Enlightenment Events That Ended It
End of Enlightenment: Skepticism It threatened the principles of Enlightenment. It stated that no one can be sure if any truths exist. Romanticism It was more appealing to less educated people and it focused more on emotions rather than reason. French Revolution: They blamed the Enlightenment as the root to instability and chaos. And thus removed the movement. -
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The Enlightenment Important People
The Enlightenment From 1650 to 1800. It spread through England, France, Germany, and other parts of Europe. Denis Diderot French scholar who was the primary editor of the Encyclopédie, a massive compilation of human knowledge. Olympe de Gouges A french feminist in the years of the Enlightenment who participated in the creation of Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen John Locke An English political theorist. He published the Two Treatises of Government. -
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The American Revolution Important People
Benjamin Franklin
He was a colonial journalist and scientist; helped write the Declaration of Independence;negotiated the end of the Revolutionary War. George Washington
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution War, and later presided over the 1787 convention that drafted the United States Constitution. King George |||
The war became a personal issue for the king, fueled by his growing belief that British leniency would be taken as weakness by the Americans. -
The American Revolution Events
Events:
-Members of the American colonial society rejected the authority of the British Parliament to tax them becausethey lacked representation.
-Protests steadily escalated to the burning of the Gaspee in Rhode Island in 1772, followed by the Boston Tea Party in 1773. -The British responded by closing Boston Harbor. A series of legislative acts effectively rescinded Massachusetts Bay Colony's rights of self-government. Caused the other colonies to rally behind Massachusetts. -
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French Revolution Events Timeline
Storming of the Bastille(14 July, 1789)
Angry revolutionaries storm the Bastille.
Civil Constitution of the Clergy (July 12, 1790)
July 12, 1790
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is published allowing the French government control of the Church. Due to badly needed money, the government starts to sell church land.
June 20, 1791
King Louis XVI and his family attempt to flee from France but are caught at Verannes. They are sent back to Paris where the King is forced to go on trial. -
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French Revolution Important People
Louis XVl
King of France. Caused France to plunge into severe debt.
Louis and his queen,Marie Antoinette, were executed in 1793
George Danton
It put constant pressure on the National Convention to adopt more radical measures.
Had a number of working-class leaders who wanted radical change.
Charlotte Corday
French revolutionary heroine (a Girondist) who assassinated Marat because she thought it would stop all the violence. -
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Napoleonic Empire Imporant People and Events
Alexander 1: Allied with Napoleon, but he was a member of the alliance that defeated Napoleon Louis XVIII: Sucesor of the throne after the fall of Napoleon in 1814 to 1824 Napoleon Bonaparte: Emperor of the Empire named after him. He was the leader. Leipzig: The biggest battle in terms of numbers of soldiers. Waterloo: Battle in which Napoleon was defeated. Berlin Decree: Napoleon announced the Continental System. Focused in France, but was across Europe. It started in the 19th Century. -
Bibliography in APA Format Part 3
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Bibliography in APA Format
The Scientific Revolution. (n.d.). Retrieved August 11, 2017, from http://users.clas.ufl.edu/ufhatch/pages/03-sci-rev/sci-rev-teaching/03sr-definition-concept.htm
American Revolution. (2017, August 09). Retrieved August 10, 2017, from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
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Bibliography in APA Format Part 2
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