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Louis de Buade de Frontenac
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1622-1698
** French courtier and Governor General of New France. ** Established many forts in Great Lakes area. ** Fought in several battles against English and Iroquois. |
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Louis XV
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1710-1774
** Great-grandson of Louis XIV and King of France and Navarre. ** One of most unpopular kings of France because of lack of morals, inability to reform monarchy, and foreign policy. |
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George II
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1683-1760
** German-born British King, House of Hanover, ** Last English king to personally lead armies into battle. ** Fought 7 Years' War (called French & Indian War in America), gaining Canada and India for British Empire. |
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Frederick II (The Great)
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1712-1786
** Absolutist king of Prussia of the Hohenzollern family, ** Under his reign, Prussia tripled in size. ** Considered an "enlightened despot" who greatly strengthened Prussia. ** Fought War of Austrian Succession and the 7 Years' War agains Maria Theresa of Austria for possession of rich province of Silesia. |
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George Washington
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1732-1799
** American patriot, soldier, and statesman. ** Commander in chief of the American armies during the Revolutionary War. ** president of the Constitutional Convention ** first President of the United States ** Virginian landholder, farmer, surveyor by trade ** served as British lieutenant colonel in the French and Indian War prior to the Revolution. ** remembered as "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." |
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Catherine II (The Great)
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1729-1796
** German-born Russian empress thought to have assassinated husband. **Assumed thrown after his death. ** Known for absolutist rule and advocacy of European culture in Russia |
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Maria Theresa
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1717-1780
** Absolutist Austrian queen and empress of the Holy Roman Empire. ** Reign spent competing w/other absolute monarchs of Europe, especially Frederick II. ** Lost influential province of Silesia to Frederick II in the War of Austrian Succession and the 7 Years' War. ** Co-ruled w/husband Francis I and later her son Joseph II, but she held most power. ** Daughter Marie Antoinette was queen of France when French Revolution began. |
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George Frideric Handel
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1685-1759
** German composer ** Famous for his operas, oratorios, and Baroque style. ** Spent much of life writing music that was performed for King George II. ** Most famous works include Messia and Water Music. |
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Antonio Vivaldi
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1678-1741
** Italian composer of the Baroque period **Known for The Four Seasons, concertos, and religious choral compositions ** Helped to create the form of concerto |
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Voltaire
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1694-1778
** French author, playwright, philospher, and social critic ** Knows for brilliant satirical denunciation of the church and the society of his day. **His most famous work, Candide, ridicules a simplistic understanding of good and evil ** Sharp with that often made enemies ** Lived in exile in England, Prussia, and Switzerland as well as living in France |
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Charles Montesquieu
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1689-1755
** French philosopher and political theorist ** Sought to discover universal laws of human nature by empirical methods. ** Described an ideal government divided into 3 independent branches, legislative, executive, and judicial, based on his erroneous understanding of how the English government was set up. ** His political theories greatly inbfluenced framers of the United States Constitution. |
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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1685-1750
** German composer ** Wrote sacred & secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments. ** Said to have brough the Baroque period to its pinnacle. ** Now considered one of greatest composers in Western tradition. |