Unit 5 People
This is my Unit 5 Review.
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- William Harvey
- showed that the heart was the begining of blood circulation;published On the Motion of the Heart and Blood
- Montesquieu
- Was French, wrote the book The Spirit of Laws, beleived power of government should be divided among branches; Legistlative,Executive, & Judicial
- Issac Newton
- defined laws of motion & gravity; Published Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
- Peter the Great
- became ruler of Russia when he was 22; created a Navy;started a constitution of a new capital,St.Petersburg,in the North;Trippled size of Russia
- Eugene Delacroix
- From France, wrote Romantic art, loved use of colors
- Louis XIV
- one of the most powerful monarchs of Europe;ruled for 72 years;expanded France's power into other areas of Europe
- John Locke
- Was English, wrote the book Two Treaties of Government,believed that people by nature are all good
- Johannes Kepler
- German mathematician;confirmed heliocentric theory;showed that planets moved in ellipses
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Studied music all his life., From Germany, used a Baroque style.
- Miguel de Cervantes
- wrote Don Quijote.
- Thomas Hobbes
- Was English, wrote the book Levithan, believed that Absolute Monarchy was the best
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Started the Heliocentric Theory(the Earth was sun-centered) Published On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
- Galileo Galilei
- built a telescope;first to make regular observations;made discoveries about mountains on the moon,moon orbits Jupiter...
- Fredeick the Great
- ruler of Prussia,(a German State); was known as Royal Drill Sergeant for devoting him life to Prussian Army
- Wolfggang Amadeus Mozart
- From Austria,rebelled against church rules, used a classical style, was a piano concerto