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Cultural era that started in Italy, that included paintings, poetry, literature, sculptures, etc. ex. Michelangelo - Italian Sculptor, Painter, and Architect
William Shakespeare - English poet and playwright -
German Blacksmith, and introduced printing to Europe
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European Countries sent sailors and explorers on voyages in search of Gold and Glory, and also to spread their religion around the world.
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Navigator who went on 4 voyages for Spain, and discovered America
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First European Explorer to reach India by sea
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Italian polymath who liked inventions and paintings. Painter of Mona Lisa
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Dutch Humanist and scholar, also edited the New Testament
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Reformation Mathematician and Astronomer.
Started Heliocentric Model Theory -
Believed ultimate authority was the Bible, and he nailed his 95 Theses to his church's door.
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People didn't agree to how the catholic church was being run, and this whole era was based on them trying to fix it.
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Spanish Conquistador, and conquered Aztec Empire
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Portugal Explorer who discovered the Western Route
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Spanish Conquistador who overthrew the Incan Empire
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King of England and he resented the pope, so he made his own church, The Anglican Church. The Anglican Church was like his previous one, but it had no pope.
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Spanish Priest, founded the Society of Jesus
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Breton Explorer and claimed Canada for France
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Science, present day, was greatly impacted by the major scientists in this revolution and their discoveries.
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After King Henry VIII, she combined catholic styles and protestant teachings, and made the Anglican Church an official state church.
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English Captain who completed the 2nd Circumnavigation
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Published La Galatea
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Important Scientific Revolution Figure, German Astronomer, and Mathematician. Started Kepler's First Laws Theory
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Italian Polymath who discovered Jupiter's 4 Largest Moons
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This is roughly a 180 year time span of major rulers in European countries.
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1st Person to discover blood circulation in the body
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Monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland for 29 years until he was executed
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The English Civil War was between King Charles I and Parliament. Parliament, or Puritans, wanted power, but Charles I disagreed, and arrested parliament. After Charles I was executed, Cromwell took over as dictator, but after his death Charles II became king.
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This time period was an intellectual movement, with changes in modern science and religious conflict. It emphasized self expression and human fulfillment, and also led to the American Revolution and French Revolution.
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Wrote Leviathan
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Lord Protector of the Commonwealth (England, Scotland, Ireland) for 5 years
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King of Scotland for 2 years, and then took over the monarchy of England, Scotland, Ireland for 15 years
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Developed the 3 Laws of Motions
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King of France, also known as the Sun King, and built the Palace of Versailles from a Hunting Lodge
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Ruled Russian Empire
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The Glorious Revolution was after King Charles I was executed. The puritans were against King James II. The motives were economic distress, enlightened ideas, nationalism, religious intolerance, social injustice, and unpopular method of law. They took over England from King James II.
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Ruled England together for 13 years
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Wrote Two Treatises on Gov't
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Ruled Prussia for 46 years, and he was the longest ruling Hohenzollem king that has ruled
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Known for Separation of Powers and contributed to the publishing of "The Spirit of Laws".
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Writer in the Enlightenment, most famous for the Candide
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Wrote the Social Contract
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Last King of France
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This 10 year time period started with the storming of the Bastille, a prison in France.
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French Military Leader, Final Battle was at Waterloo
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Painter in the Renaissance, Most famous painting - "Massacres of Chios"
