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76 Cards in this Set
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Tycho Brahe
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• Born: 1546 Knutstorp Castle • Died: 1601 Prague • Scientific Revolution • Denmark • Created the best instruments for stargazing before telescopes |
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Johannes Kepler
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• Born: 1571 • Died: 1630 • Scientific Revolution • Germany • Made laws of planetary motion |
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Francis Bacon
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• Born: 1561 • Died: 1626 • Scientific Revolution • England • British philosopher • Helped find the scientific method |
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Rene Descartes
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• Born: 1596 • Died: 1650 • Scientific Revolution • France • Helped make analytical geometry |
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Zacharias Janssen
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• Born: 1580 • Died: 1638 • Scientific Revolution • Dutch • Created first optical telescope |
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William Harvey
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• Born: 1578 • Died: 1657 • Scientific Revolution • England • Described in detail on how blood floods |
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Thomas Hobbes
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• Born: 1588 • Died: 1679 • Scientific Revolution • England • Political philosophy |
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John Locke
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• Born: 1632 • Died: 1704 • Scientific Revolution • England • Helped the spread of democratic government |
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Baron de Montesquieu
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• Born: 1689 • Died: 1755 • Scientific Revolution • France • Political thinker |
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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• Born: 1712 • Died: 1778 • Scientific Revolution • France • Wrote “The Social Contract” |
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Voltaire
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• Born: 1694 • Died: 1778 • Scientific Revolution • France • Attacked the Catholic Church |
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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• Born: 1759 • Died: 1797 • England • Industrial Revolution • Women’s rights advocate |
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Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
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• Born: 1754 • Died: 1793 • France • Industrial Revolution • French rulers |
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Johannes Gutenberg
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Lived 1398 AD – 1468 AD
Time Period: Renaissance What they did • Invented the Printing Press • Was able to print the first bible in Latin language |
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Martin Luther
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Lived: 1483 AD – 1546 AD
Time Period: Reformation What they did • Made the 95 thesis • Argued people got into heaven by faith not the pope |
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Adam Smith
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Lived: 1723 AD – 1790 AD
Time Period: Age of Exploration What they did • Theorized that total government non-regulation of economics was good • Founder of capitalism |
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Fourier and Saint-Simon
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Born: Fourier 1772 AD – 1837 Saint Simon 1760 AD – 1825 AD
Time period: Age of Exploration What they did • Made Utopian social, which inspired Karl Marx later |
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Jeremy Bentham
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Lived: 1748 AD – 1832 AD
Time period: Age of Exploration What they did • Bentham believed that all human behavior is motivated by a desire to maximize pleasure and avoid pain |
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John Stuart Mill
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Lived: 1806 AD - 1873
Time period: Age of Exploration What they did • Was an English Philosopher and a social reformer of the industrial revolution. • Questioned unregulated capitalism and believed that it was wrong for workers to be deprived of their lives, food |
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Robert Owen
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Lived: 1771 AD – 1858 AD
Time Period: Age of Exploration What they did • Revolutionized the industry by helping ease labor and use of children in labor and creating a fair employment standard in England and Britain. |
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Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels
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Lived: Karl Marx 1818 Fredrich Engels 1820 AD – 1895 AD
Time Period: Industrial Revolution What they did • Wrote Communist Manifesto • Believed everything owned by the workers |
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William Wilberforce
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Lived: 1759 AD – 1833 AD
Time Period: Age of Exploration What they did • Abolished Slavery |
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James Watt
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Live: 1739 AD - 1819
Time period: Age of Exploration What they did • Designed the steam engine |
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Robert Fulton
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Lived: 1765 AD – 1815 AD
Time Period: Age of Exploration What they did • Invented the steamboat |
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David Hume
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Lived: 1711 AD - 1776
Time period: Age of Exploration What they did • Came up with the theory that humans had free spirit |
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Fourier and saint Simon (blue)
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1. 1772-1837 Fourier
1760-1825 Saint Simon 2. Industrial Revolution 3. Britain 4. - thought factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all . |
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Queen Victoria
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(1837-1901)
1. Medieval times 2. Great Britain • Great ruler • First woman to be a good ruler |
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Copernicus
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(1473-1543)
The renaissance and reformation 1300-1650 • Proposed the theory that the sun was at the Center of the universe: Heliocentric • Argued that the earth is insignificant in Comparison to the universe |
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Galileo
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(1564-1642)
Europe The renaissance and reformation 1300-1650 • Developed and applied scientific Principles to astronomy • Confirmed Copernicus’s heliocentric Theory in 1613 • Developed experimental methods • Proved that objects of different masses Fall at the same speed • Discovered Jupiter’s moons |
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Isaac Newton
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(1642-1727)
America The renaissance and reformation 1300-1650 • Discovered and explained gravity at 24 • Explained planet movement • Invented calculus • 3 laws of motion |
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Robert Boyle
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(1627-1691)
Europe The renaissance and reformation 1300-1650 • Discovered nature of elements and compounds • Basis of modern chemistry |
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Eli Whitney
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1765-1825)
Europe Industrial revolution • Invented the cotton gin |
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Marie Curie
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(1867-1934)
Imperialism 1850-1914 • Proved that radio activity was an Effective treatment for some diseases |
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Thomas Edison
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(1847-1931)
- America Imperialism 1850-1914 • One of the greatest inventors • Received more than 1,300 patents for o Automatic telegraph machine o Phonograph o Improvements to the light bulb o Modernized telephone o Motion picture equipment |
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Albert Einstein (green)
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1.born March 14,1879 and died Apr 18,1955
2. After WWI 3.Germany 4.Importance was: -came up with the theory of Relativity -won a noble peace prize -one of the most well-known and visionary physicists in the history of science |
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Louis Pasteur( green)
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1.Born on December 27,1822 and died September 28,1895
2.Imperialism(Innovations) 3. France 4. Importance was: -he discovered that heat could kill bacteria -he applied that process of heating liquids to kill bacteria to other products including milk |
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James Watts(green)
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1. Born in January 19,1736 and died August 25, 1819
2. Industrial Revolution and Industrialization( other effects) 3. Greenock 4. Importance was: -Steam engine as a source of power -watts became a member of Lunar Society of Birmingham |
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Tycho Brahe( green)
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1. Born on December 14,1546 and died October 24,1601
2. Scientific Revolution 3. Denmark 4. Importance was: -astronomer and alchemist -known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations |
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• Mao Zedong (red)
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o December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976
o Cold War o China o Importance Founded people’s republic of china Controlled China |
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1. Kim Il Jung (red)
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a. February 16, 1941- December 17, 2011
b. 20th Century c. North Korea d. Importance i. Ran North Korea ii. Nuclear testing in 2006 iii. Dictated with a mighty force |
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2. Winston Churchill (blue and red)
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a. November 30, 1874 – January 24, 1965
b. WWII c. United Kingdom d. Importance i. Led UK through most of WWII ii. Prime Minister of UK from 1950-1945 |
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3. Hideki Tojo
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a. December 30, 1884- December 23 1948
b. WWII c. Japan d. Importance i. Led Japan through most of WWII ii. 40th Prime Minister of Japan |
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4. Harry Truman
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a. May 8, 1884- December 26, 1972
b. WWII (end) c. United States d. Importance i. 33rd President ii. Leader of end of WWII |
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5. Mohandas Gandhi
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a. October 2, 1869 –January 30, 1948
b. WWI (ish) c. Mumbai, India d. Importance i. He was a peace advocate ii. Influenced many other advocates of peace |
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6. Sigmund Freud (green)
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a. May 6, 1856 – September 23, 1939
b. Late Victorian and 20th century c. London d. Importance i. Became the father of Psychoanalysis ii. Introduced scientific revolutions |
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7. Pablo Picasso
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a. October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973
b. 20th Century c. Spain and France d. Importance i. painter |
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8. Woodrow Wilson
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a. December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924
b. Progressive Era c. United States d. Importance i. 28th United States President |
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9. Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
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a. December 18, 1863 – June 28, 1914
b. WWI c. Austria-Este d. Importance i. His death caused WWI |
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10. Wilhelm II
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a. January 27, 1859 – June 4, 1941
b. Great War c. Last German Emperor d. Importance i. In a way caused the Republic of Germany |
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11. Fidel Castro
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a. August 13, 1926 – now
b. 20th and 21st century c. Cuba d. Importance i. Former Prime Minister of Cuba ii. Brought Communism to Cuba |
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12. Daniel Ortega
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a. November 11, 1945 – now
b. 20th Century c. Nicaragua d. Importance i. President of Nicaragua |
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Suleiman I
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6 November 1494- 5 September 1566
Ottoman Empire ● He reigned from 1520-1566 ● He made the Ottoman empire the strongest during his reign ● He was very well educated |
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Donatello
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1386-13 December 1466
Italy ● He was a sculptor ● He had a version of the David |
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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April 15, 1452-May 2, 1519
Italy ● Famous for the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper ● He was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, and writer. |
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Michelangelo
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6 March 1475-18 February 1564
Italy ● Known for Sculpture, painting, architecture, and poetry ● Painted the Sistine Chapel, had a version of the David |
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Raphael
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February 7, 1478-July 6, 1535
England ● known to Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas More since 1935 ● He was an English lawyer,social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance Humanist |
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Henry VIII
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June 28, 1491-January 28, 1547
England ● King of England ● Married 6 times ● Separated England from the Church |
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Hernando Cortes
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1485-December 2, 1547
Spain ● He was a conquistador ● He brought the Aztec Empire to an end ● He conquered most of Mexico |
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Francisco Pizarro
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1471-June 26, 1541
Spain ● He was a conquistador ● He brought the Inca Empire to an end |
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Elizabeth I
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September 7, 1533-March 24, 1603
England ● Reigned from 17 November 1558 – 24 March 1603 ● One of the most famous queens of England ● Established the English Protestant church |
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Machiavelli
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3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527
Italy ● was an Italian historian, politician, diplomat, philosopher, and writer’ ● "the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct" |
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Castiglione
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December 6, 1478 – February 2, 1529
Italy ● was an Italian Courtier, diplomat, and soldier |
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Shakespeare
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Shakespeare
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Napoleon (leader)
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1769-1812
French Revolution France • Chaos in the government resulted in Napoleon and the army coming to power and creating the French Empire • A Parliament was established and peasants were freed |
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José de San Martin (leader)
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1778-1850
Spanish Revolution Argentina • José Francisco de San Martín (1778-1850) was an Argentine General, governor and patriot • He also led the liberation of Chile and Peru |
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Simon Bolivar (leader)
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1783-1830
Spanish Revolution Venezuela • Simón Bolívar was a South American soldier who was instrumental in the revolutions against the Spanish empire |
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Czar Nicholas II (leader)
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1868-1918
World War 1 Russia • Nicholas II was eventually forced to concede to creating an elected legislature, called the Duma |
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Louis XIV (leader)
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1638-1715
French Revolution France • He was portly, quiet, also a weak ruler |
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John Calvin (philosopher)
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1509-1564
Absolutism France • Government and religion should be interrelated • Divinity and worship should be applied to up holding the laws of man |
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Thomas Jefferson (philosopher)
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1743-1826
Absolutism Virginia • People are born with certain “God-Given” rights that cannot be taken away • People have the right to rebel against an unjust ruler |
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William Blackstone (philosopher)
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1723-1780
Absolutism England • Helped law or common law evolve to its current state • People have the right to poverty as “sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world” |
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Vladimir Lenin (leader)
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1870-1924
Years of crisis Russia • He changed the country’s name to Soviet Union • He enacted communism (people and government own all means of production) with some private ownership |
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Franklin Roosevelt (leader)
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1882-1945
World War 2 Georgia • Roosevelt led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II, and greatly expanded the powers of the federal government |
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Joseph Stalin (leader)
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1878-1953
Years of crisis Russia • He wanted to increase the power of the Soviet Union • Tried to destroy religion. People were worshipping it instead of the country |
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Benito Mussolini (leader)
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1883-1945
World War 1 Italy • He was flattered by Hitler's overtures and interpreted the recent diplomatic and military victories as proof of his genius |
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Adolf Hitler (leader)
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1889-1945
World War 2 Germany • Hitler escalated his activities in 1940, invading Scandinavia as well as France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium • Hitler was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and served as dictator from 1934 to 1945 |
