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45 Cards in this Set
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louis xiv
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french absolute
most powerful european rule divine right used intendants driven out after the FRONDE |
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galileo galilei
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fourth
scientist invented telescope first person to see moon mountains and sun spots with telescope |
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richelieu
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appointed by louis xiii
chief minister determined to destroy huguenots |
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johannes kepler
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third
scientist tycho's assistant calculatd earth's orbit around the sun sun orbits in an eclipse |
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colbert
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louis xiv finance minister
HELPED ECONOMY |
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tycho brahe
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second
danish supported heliocentric theory set up astronomy sites |
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james i
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first stuart monarch - clashed with parliament
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johannes kepler
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third
scientist tycho's assistant calculatd earth's orbit around the sun sun orbits in an eclipse |
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andreas vesalius
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published on the structure of human body
first accurately detailed study of human anatomy |
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isaac newton
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fifth
scientist developed theory of gravity |
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stuart family
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tudor's relatives
ruling family of scotland |
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nicolaus copernicus
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first
polish scientist ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF HEAVENLY SPHERES proposed heliocentric model of universe |
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mazarin
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richelieu's appointed successor
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voltaire
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french philosopher
no church in school |
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phillip ii
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spanish ruler
centralized power absolute monarch affected by sinking of armada |
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maria theresa
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war of austrian succession
reorganized bureaucracy and improved taxes |
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robert boyle
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chemist
distinguished between individual elements and chemical compounds |
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life liberty property
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john locke
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francis bacon
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rejected aristotles ideas
stressed experiments and observations |
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hohenzollern
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rulers of germany
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rene descartes
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emphasized human reasoning
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PRINCIPIA
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newton
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elizabeth i
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controlled england with firm hand
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joseph II
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son of maria theresa
divided up poland |
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charles v
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spanish ruler
heir to hapsburgs joined monastary |
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SOCIAL CONTRACT
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rousseau
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henry iv
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huguenot - french
converted to catholicism edict of nantes |
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life liberty pursuit of happiness
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thomas jefferson
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tudor family
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england
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junker
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german nobles
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frederick II
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prussian ruler
seized hapsburgs frederick the great |
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LEVIATHAN
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thomas hobbs
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william and mary
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invited to rule when parliament was threatened by james ii
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philosophes
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lovers of wisdom
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oliver cromwell
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roundhead leader
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peter the great
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czar
insisted on western modernization |
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ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF HEAVENLY SPHERES
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copernicus
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charles i of england
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absolute monarch
forced to sign petition of rights english civil war vs parliament |
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encyclopedia
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denis diderot
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SPIRIT OF THE LAWS
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montesquieu
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catherine the great
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embraced western ideas
gained black sea - warm water port |
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TWO TREATIES OF GOVERNMENT
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john locke
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montesquieu
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scholar
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william harvey
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described circulation of blood
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cavaliers
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supporters of charles i
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