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The Renaissance was from 1300-1600. It was the rebirth of classical ideas, art, and learning.
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Prince Henry (Henry the Navigator) founded navigation school in 1419. By 1460 Portuguese had trading post along west coast of Africa. Traded for gold, ivory, and slaves.
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Was the capital of Constantinople. It was conquerd and renamed Istanbul by the Muslim Ottomans.
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In 1492 Spain (Ferdinand and Isabella) financed to find a direct sea route to Asia by going aroung the world. Reached Caribbean and opened Americas for Spanish colonization.
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This treaty was agreed upon by the Spanish and the Portuguese to clear up confusion on the newly claimed land, the New World.
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Created between 1501-1504 by Michelangelo. The statue represents the biblical hero David.
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Painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
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Erasmus who is a humanist wrote Praise of Folly
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Was paintied by Michelangelo around 1508-1512.
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When the Aztecs were conquered Spain built a new empire.
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Pizzaro and his men congured the Incas in 1533
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Copernicus was a polish scientist. The Heliocentruc Theory stated that the sun was the center of the universe, not the earth.
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It is a tragedy by William Shakespeare.
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Kepler was a German scientist. Planetary motion said mathematical laws govern planetary motion and said orbits were eliptical
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Galilei was Italian scientist that used the telescope to support the heliocentric theory
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Cromwell had Charles I executed for treason.
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Eglish thinker who wroye the Leviathan
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Shah Jahan was married to Mumtaz Mahal when she died Jahan had the Taj Mahal built in her honor.
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Charles II was Charles I son. Parliament put him on the thrown. His rule is called the Restoration because it restored the monarchy.
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The Palace symbolized Louis's great authority and power. Meant to impress visitors. show his power and arouse envy of other monarchs
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English scientist that discovered the laws of gravity
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Parliament invited William and Mary to replace James II for sake of Protestantism. Was a bloodless revolution
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Said rulers could not levy taxes with out Parliament's consent, interfere with freedom of speech in Parliament, and penalize a citizen who petitions of the king.
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English thinker
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English doctor that published On the Motion of the Heart and blood in Animals
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He built St. Petersburg giving him a seaport to the west (called the window to the west).
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Louis was tried for treason by the National Convention and found guilty and sentenced to death
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French Writer
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swiss writer
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the 13 British colonies in North America rebel
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Influence of the Enlightenment
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people gathered weapons in order to defend Paris against the King's Swis mercenary army
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as many as 40,000 people were killed
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His goal was to unify europe under French domination (will not succeed)
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series of meeting of european leaders, attempeted to restore europe as it had been before the French Revolution and Napoleonic conquests
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Legacy:
-Unsuccessful attempt to unify Europe
-Napoleonic Code
