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The invention of the printing press made it easier to make books and to spread knowledge throughout Europe.
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He was sent by the king and queen of Spain to search for a easier route to Asia. Instead, he discovered the Americas.
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It depicts Jesus before his execution.
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He set sail for India to get spices to send back to Portugal. However, he didn't get the amount he wanted because of conflicts with the Indians.
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It is one of his most notable works and is now on display in the Louvre
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He finishes sculpting David, a biblical hero, in 1504. It is one of his most famous works.
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It is about satirical criticism of society.
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It is one of his most notable works.
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Since he was disappointed in the Catholic church, he wrote this paper to voice his complaints.
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He crossed into the Pacific Ocean by sailing through the Strait of Magellan at the tip of South America.
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Through the combination of better technology and introducing deadly diseases to the natives, Cortez was able to quickly defeat the Aztecs.
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The Holy Roman Emperor ordered Luther to recant his sayings, but he would not. Then the emperor issued the Edict of Worms, which declared Luther a heretic.
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Once in Peru, he executed the Inca emperor, which quickly destabilized the empire. This made it easy for him to conquer it.
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He believed in predestination, which meant that God knew what one's fate was at the beginning of time. His ideas started a theocracy in Switzerland.
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After exploring Canada, he claims it for France.
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It was a Roman Catholic order of religious men.
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Since the Catholic church wouldn't let him get a divorce, he created the Anglican Church and took all of the Catholic land in England.
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He came up with his theory because he believed the old geocentric theory didn't account for planetary motions.
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After sailing around South America, he went to California to attack Spanish settlements before continuing on his journey.
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It is considered the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age.
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It was a war between German Protestants and Catholics. It ended with the Peace of Augsberg.
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He builds Versailles and moves his court there.
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The forces of Charles I fought against Parliament. Parliament wins with the leadership of Cromwell.
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After Parliament wins the civil war, he is accused of being a traitor and is executed.
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In Leviathan, he expresses his view that people are naturally evil and that there would need to be a strong ruler to govern the people.
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He became ruler after the English Civil War. He was unpopular with the people because he was strict.
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After Cromwell dies, the English people elect Charles I's son, Charles II as king.
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Louis decided to turn the old hunting lodge at Versailles into a magnificent palace in order to house his nobles.
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He modernizes Russia, especially the education system and the military.
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His laws have greatly contributed the field of physics today.
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In it, he expresses his view that everyone should have the basic rights of life, liberty, and property.
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James II is overthrown because he is Catholic. William and Mary replace him as constitutional monarchs.
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It says his beliefs that checks and balances were needed to balance a government.
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It is a satire against religious fanaticism.
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It discusses his beliefs that government was a contract between the ruler and the people
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The people stormed the Bastille to get rid of the last royal stronghold in Paris.
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A period of time when Robespierre and his followers executed anyone who disagreed with him. It ended with Robespierre's execution.
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After he tried to escape France and was caught, he was executed using the guillotine.
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He is elected emperor by the people of France.
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He loses to the British forces and is later exiled to an island in the South Atlantic.
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It shows the French people carrying on through hardships and war.
