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Europe was divided into small states and each state had a king. Most of the kings did have much power over there country. Some country’s kings did have a lot of power over there country
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Popes and kings were the rulers of Europe during the Middle Ages. Crusaders fought the Muslims for the Holy Land (Palestine). The church was very important to Christians during medical times. There were very big polictal and social devolpments during the Middle Ages. The church being so powerful in European Middle Ages there were some challenges to there authority.
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The crusaders were a group of Christians in Europe who set off for the holy land of Palestine to attack the people there and conquer the land they believed god wanted them to do. Most of the crusaders did fail though.
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Monks were religious people who lived together in a monetary and devoted there life to god. Cluny was a monastery in the town of cluny. The rules there were very strict so they started to rebel
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The heresy were religious ideas that go against the church, the pope finally decided that it was a big problem that the church had to fix
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The magna carta is a list of rules that a king has to follow. Nobles created it so Kings could respect there peoples rights.
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The Italian renaissance or the rebirth wa caused by wealth and good trade in cities, it was a great time of art and learning. The renaissance started spreading to other countries other than Italy. There were many attempts to reform the Catholic Church which led to other brandes of Christianity.
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Scholars in Italy during the renaissance started to broaden their interest of learning. They learned about poetry, history, art, and Greek and Latin,
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Johann Gutenberg created a printing press which was much easier to use than just handwriting. The printing press helped make more versions of the Bible
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People in Europe discovered a scientific revolution from a new way about learning the world and how it works. They also went on great voyages to share their new knowledge with the world which led to trade between the old world and the new world
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Martin Luther started to realize that the Catholic Church was not teaching people the truth from the Bible. So he nailed 95 theses to the builten of the Church
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Europeans started to discover new things about the world besides what they always learned from the Greeks. They learned these new things from studying the world.
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The Spanish Armada was a group of 130 ships sent by the Spanish to attack England. The country had much better ships and weapons so they defended there country from invasion
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The Dutch used there skills to create great ships and increase there trade. They had a very good business.
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Renaissance and Scientifc Revolution thinkers influenced the ideas of enlightenment. Enlightenment ideas also caused govement changes. The government also caused Revolutions
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Charles Louis Montesiqueiu, from France, published a book about law called the spirt of law -
Benjamin Franklin was a philosopher and scientist living in the American colonies. He went to London to argue against “taxation without representation.” For the American colonies
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The Declaration of Independence said that the Americans had rights to independence. People have the right to replace their government
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The church architecture found in the Middle Ages is still found in countries all over Europe
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Shakespheres great stories such as Romeo and Juliet that were written in the renaissance are still very popular today, many people have done modern spoofs on them
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Potatoes were introduced to Europe through the Colombian exchange. They grew very well there so they are now a major part of European diet.
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The English bill of rights is still used to protect the people of England and their rights.