Unit 5 review
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- Issac Newton
- defined thw laws of motion and gravity.trying to explain the motion of the universe
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- published ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY SPHERRS in 1543. he stated his heliocentric theory of the universe.closer than accurate but still flawed.
- Peter the Great
- ruler of russia when he was 22.believed that his country must westernies in order to be successful.wanted to pull his people out of isolation.
- Louis XIV
- was recognized as one ofthe most powerful monarchs of europe.ruled for 72 years and was known as the sunking.he moved the capital from paris to veraills which became a symbol of power
- Count Camillo de Cavour
- Prime minister of Sardinia (northern Italy) who vowed to drive out the Austrians and worked towards a united Italy.
- Oliver Cromwell
- english military and political leader.made a new army.
- Fredrick the Great
- was the ruler of prussia.he centralized the government and put it under his control.devoted his life to the prussian army
- Galileo Galilei
- built a telescope and was the first to make regular observation with it
- William Harvey
- published ON THE MOTION OF TE HEART AND BLOOD. he refined ideas and showed that the heenl was the beginning of the bloods circulation
- Johannes Kepler
- a German mathematician, confirmed the heliocentric with observations.alos showed planets moved in ellipses rather than perfect circles