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11 Cards in this Set
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Sir Isaac Newton
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Gravity, mathematics
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John Locke
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Drafted constitution of South Carolina.
Wrote Human Understanding All people born free Gov't got power from people |
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F. Voltaire
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French philospher
Wrote Plays and novels Worked for the people Sent to prison for his beliefs |
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Alexander Garden
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Plants
Botonist |
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Cotton Mather
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Medical science
Found cure for smallpox |
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Benjamin Franklin
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Blueprints
Invited rocking chair, first circulated library, bifocals, electricity Only person to craft and sign all 5 founding documents |
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Benjamin Banneker
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mathematician, astronomy
The first black Presidential appointee Reproduced DS's plans to memory |
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Pierre L’Enfant
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engineer
took DC plans to Paris |
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Philis Wheatly
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Best known black voice in colonial America
First black to publish a book |
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Jonathan Edwards
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Great theologian
"Sinners in the hands of an angry God" |
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George Whitefield
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A great preacher who made trips to america
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