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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 -
developed the heliocentric theory
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became a new form of literature (Miguel Cervantes wrote Don Quixote)
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discovered planetary motion
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used the telescope to support the proof of the heliocentric theory
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began between the Roundheads (supporters of
Parliament) and the Cavaliers (supporters of the King) -
became the king of France
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became the King of England
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was beheaded
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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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published Leviathan – social contract (people give up rights to a
strong ruler who maintains order) -
(the Enlightenment) began
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published his law of gravity
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was signed establishing the foundations of English rights
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became the leaders of England (this is referred to as the
Glorious Revolution) -
was passed laying out specific rights on Parliament
and putting limits on royal power -
published Two Treatises on Government - it was his theory of “natural
rights” (life, liberty, and property) -
was built under the reign of Louis XIV
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began his rule of England as the Lord Protector
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was the symbolic start of the French Revolution
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was started by Peter the Great
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changed his name to Voltaire and goes on to champion
individual freedoms -
began in art, music, and architecture (Haydn, Mozart, and
Beethoven were composers) -
published On the Spirit of Laws – detailing separation of powers in
government -
wrote The Social Contract – free individuals create a
society and government -
wrote the Declaration of Independence
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was ratified on the United States
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(first 10 amendments) was added to the Constitution of the
United States -
began which was heavily influenced by the Age of
Enlightenment -
began having been influenced by the Enlightenment and
the American Revolution -
at the guillotine
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marked a period of mass executions during the French
Revolution -
Louis XVI was executed at the guillotine
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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 (Bach and Handel were
composers) -
became the capital of Russia under Peter the Great
