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began having been influenced by the Enlightenment and the American Revolution
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(the enlightenment) began
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was signed establishing the foundation of English rights
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developed the heliocentric theory
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published On the Spirit of Laws – detailing separation of powers in government
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began in art, music, and architecture (Bach and Handel were composers)
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discovered planetary motion
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All weather roads were created to improve year round transport and trade
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Showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body.
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became the king of France
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was beheaded
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began his rule of England as the lord protector
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began between the roundheads (supporters of parliament) and the cavaliers(supporters of the king)
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the monarchy was put back in control in England
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became the czar of Russia
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social contract( people give up rights to a strong ruler who maintains order)
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because the king of England
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Published his law of gravity
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was passed laying out specific rights on parliament and putting limits on royal power
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published Two Treatises on Government - it was his theory of “natural rights” (life, liberty, and property)
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became the leaders of England (this is referred to as the glorious revolution).
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began which was heavily influenced by the Age of Enlightenment
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became a new form of literature (Miguel Cervantes wrote Don Quixote)
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was stared by peter the great
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changed his name to Voltaire and goes on to champion individual freedoms
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wrote The Social Contract – free individuals create a society and government
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was ratified on the United States
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was built under the reign of Louis XIV
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was the symbolic start of the French Revolution
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(first 10 amendments) was added to the Constitution of the United States
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at the guillotine
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at the guillotine
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marked a period of mass executions during the French Revolution
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introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox
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began the transition of art to the Romantic School
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seized power in France in a coup d’etat
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began in art, music, and architecture (Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven were composers)
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wrote the Declaration of Independence
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became the capital of Russia under peter the great
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Used the telescope to support the proof of the heliocentric theory.
