Who's Who

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Christopher Columbus

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~He Sailed for Spain

~He discovered the Americas/Cuba

~He wanted to find a western route to Asia

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Otto von Bismarck

Back 2

~part of the European Nationalist movement ~in charge of unifying Germany

~ruled under “realpolitik”

~believed in blood and iron (war)

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Vasco da Gama

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~He was the first person to find a water route to Asia

~ He sailed around the tip of Africa

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Maximilian Robespierre

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~He took control of France after he had King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette killed~The period in which he controlled is called the Reign of Terror

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John Cabot

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~He sailed for England

~ He found New found Land

~Cabot=Canada

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FerdinandMagellan

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~He sailed for Portugal

~ He proved that the world was round

~named the Pacific

~He was the first man to circumnavigate around the world

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Baron deMontesquieu

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~He created a system of government that would limit the government’s powers, separation of powers

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King John

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~signed the Magna Carta (didn’t work)

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King William and Mary

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~Signed the English Billof Rights (worked)

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Oliver Cromwell

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~went against King Charles I and the Royalist army

~in charge of the “New Model Army”

~became “Lord and Protector” of England

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James II

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~took over England after Charles II died (brother) ~problem is he’s Catholic and England doesn’t want a Catholic King

~replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband William

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Boer War

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~England vs Netherlands (Dutch)

~fought b/c they gold in the Dutch lands ~England