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The Reniassance began in Northern Italy. It was the rebirth of classical ideas, art, and learning.
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This event helped create maps for all of the expeditions they went on.
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Constantinope was the capital of the Byzantien empire. It was conquered and renamed Istanbul by the Ottoman Empire.
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Colubus set out to go to Asia and prove that the world is not flat. He runs into the americas on the way.
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This is a marble statue created by Michelangelo between 1501 and 1504. It stands at 17 ft. high.
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Leonardo da Vinci painted this portrait between 1503 and 1517. This is one of the most beloved paintings in history.
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This event took place between 1508 and 1512. He was asked by the Pope to do this for the chapel.
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He wrote this on a roadtrip to take up his time instead of gossiping. It was writtento amuse his friend Sir Thomas More
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This was a victory for the english settlers,Cortez showed up with 600 soldiers and this ended the Aztec empire.
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He was looking for gold and silver and he decided to conquer and kill the inca.
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Belief that the sun is the center of the universe and not the earth.
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This play was based on events surrounding the conspiracy against Julius Ceaser. This was composed around 1599.
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- The orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci.
- A line joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time.[1]
- The square of the orbital period of a planet is proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.
- The orbit of every planet is an ellipse with the Sun at one of the two foci.
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Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of science", and "the Father of Modern Science". He improved the telescope to further support the heliocentric theory.
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William Harvey discovered circulation of the blood. Harvey, observing the notion of the heart in living animals, was able to see that systole was the active phase of the heart's movement, pumping out the blood by its muscular contraction.
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The Taj Mahal was built for Shah Jahan's wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It was built for her when she died.
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At the trial, Charles refused to defend himself. When the judgment of the court was announced, that he was guilty, Charles finally started to defend himself but the decision was already made for him to be put to death.
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Thomas Hobbes writes the Leviathan. Also known as The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil.
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Parliment put CHarels II on the trown. He restored the Monarchy.
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Louis XIV moves with his family to the Palace. It was the symbol of the power and his influence in Europe.
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Newton's law of universal gravitation states that any two bodies in the universe attract each other with a force.
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Parliament invited William and Mary to replace James Ii forsake of Protestantism. This was a bloodless revolution.
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John Locke writes Two Treatises on Government. It outlines Locke's ideas for a more civilised society based on natural rights and contract theory.
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The English Bill of Rights said that the rulers coud not levy takes without parliament's consent. They couldn't interfere with freedom of speech in parliament or penalize a citizent who petitions the king about grievences.
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Peter the Great moved the Russian capital to St. Petersburg. He continued to channel all the country’s energy and resources into the construction of St. Petersburg.
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Montesquieu writes The Spirit of Laws. It is a treatise on political theory.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau writes The Social Contract. Rousseau theorized about the best way in which to set up a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society.
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
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Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the USA. The people who broke free, refused to pay taxes to Parliament and eventually were able to separate from England.
