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28 Cards in this Set
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Galileo (Galilei) Pendulums
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telescopes
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(Antone Lauren) Lavoisier Father of Modern Chemistry
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Law of conversation
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(Anton van) Leeuwenhoek Improved microscopes
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discovered microbes and bacteria
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(Roger) Bacon Inductive reasoning. _Novum Organum_
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question all existing knowledge
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(John) Locke Constructed Empiricism
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belived man had natural and inalienable rights
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Voltaire Exiled for scathing remarks about government
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outspoken critic of social abuses
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(Philip) Spener Lutheran minister
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organized bible study and prayer
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(August) Francke German Professor
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trained pastors and missionaries
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(Nikolaus von) Zinzendorf German noble
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establish Moravians
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(John) Wesley Anglican Preacher
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Missionary to American Indians
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(George) Whitfield Traveling evangelist
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made 7 trips to America
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(Jonathan) Edwards congregational preacher
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stressed need for personal conversion
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(Theodore) Frelinghuysen Dutch Reformed pastor
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ministered in Middle Colonies
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(Sir William) Tennent Scotch-Irish teacher
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ministered in Middle Colonies
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(Giovanni) Bernini Italian artist
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most famous architect
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(Peter Paul) Rubens Flemish artist
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popularized baroque painting
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Rembrant (van Rijn) Dutch painter
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created moods on canvas
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(Antone) Watteau Rocco French artist
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reflected court life
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(Claudio) Monteverdi Italian composer
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famous for operas
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(George Fredrick) Handle considered as English composer
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composed Italian operas and oratorios
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(Johann Sebastian) J. S. Bach german composer
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mostly composed church music
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(Franz Joseph) Haydn Austrian Musician
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"Father of Symphony"
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(Wolfgang) Mozart Austrian musical genius
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versatile composer
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Molière French Playwrite
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remembered for comedies
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(Alexander) Pope English Poet/Satirist
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most quoted
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(Jonathan) Swift English Satirist
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master of prose
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(Daniel) Defoe English
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Robinson Crusoe
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(Edward) Gibbon English
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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
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