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22 Cards in this Set
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descartes
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i think therefore i am
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oliver cromwell
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leader of puritans
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charles I
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king of england, intolerant of puritans
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roundheads
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puritans, simple, bowl cut
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cavaliers
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cavalry, horses
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charles II
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comes from exile to take over
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puritans
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poems were religious and serious
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capre diem
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sieze the day, live it up, cavalier
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john locke
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a ruler derived his power from the consent of the governed
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enlightenment
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or age of reason, solve problems by reason/education
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isaac newton
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gravity
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queen victoria
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ruler for 63 years, age 18, husband died
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prince albert
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victoria's husband, died in 1861
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victorian period
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proper, strict, uptight, modesty, careful about what was said
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romantic period
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reaction, dont analyze - appreciate, through the heart not through thought, freedom and democracy
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20th century
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end of imperialism, bith of psychology (freud)
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lost generation
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authors --> dissillusionment
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rousseau
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enlightenment, famous composer --> divide between society and human nature
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imperialism
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england --> very powerful, colonized tons of countries (inida, cyprus, palestine), "sun never sets on the british empire"
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most famous poet of scotland
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robert burns
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most famous poet of ireland
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yeats
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most famous poet of wales
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thomas
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