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Intendants
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government agents who would collect taxes and administer justice.
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Define the Scientific Revolution.
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It was the new way of thinking about the natural world.
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Versailles
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36,000 laborers, 2 wings 150 yards long, main building was 500 yards long, 2000 rooms, 14,000 fountains, 15,000 acers of gardens-lawns-woods
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What is the medieval view?
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It was the belief that the earth was an unmoving object at the center of the universe.
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Louis XIV (sun king)
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took over at age 5, gave middle class stuff so they would be loyal, keeps nobles at his palace-Versailles
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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established that the sun was the center of the universe
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Rene Descartes
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devoloped analytical geometry
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Edward Jenner
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vaccine for small poxs
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Galen
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Studied pigs and said they had the same insides as humans, but was proved wrong by Vesalius.
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Cardinal Richelieu
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helped Louis XIII, brought power to the central government, AGAINST the Hugenots.
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Zacharias Janssen
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made first microscope
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Anders Celsius
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created another scale for the mercury thermometor
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Louis XIII
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became king after Henry of Navarre was murdered
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Henry III
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Catholic, no heir to the throne, was gay, the catholic heir to the throne was murdered by the pretty boys.
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Absolutism
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a king or queen who tries to dominate ALL aspects of socity.
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Galileo Galilei
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discovered the law of the pendulum, falling objects acclerate at a fixed and predictable rate, telescope
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Vesalius
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disected humans
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Huguenots
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French prodistants battling for the will of the people to convert from catholisim
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Fabriel Fahrenheit
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first thermometor with mercury in glass
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Isaac Newton
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Laws of motion, theory of motion.
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Francis Bacon
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Critizied Aristotle and a medieval thinker
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Divine Right
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given the authority by GOD to rule.
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Robert Boyle
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founder of modern chemistry
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Why did Galileo's discoveries concern the church?
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Because what he discovered questioned the church, and they didn't want the people to question their teachings.
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Henry of Navarre (Henry IV)
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was told he could be king if he became catholic, passes the Edict of Nantes- catholicism was the main religion but all religions would be accepted, was the first of the Bourbon Dynasty, was murdered.
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Cardinal Mazarin
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Help Louis XIV, increased taxes, central govt more power
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