Unit 5 Review
Unit 5 Flashcards
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- Montesquieu
- French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers
- Thomas Hobbes
- Philosopher who argued that man was sinful and needed to be controlled
- Frederick the Great
- ruler of Prussia; devoted life to the Prussian army
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- came up with heliocentric theory
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- From a musical family, musical prodigy, traveled through Europe, rebelled against church rules. piano concerto. Classical style
- Galileo Galilei
- made modern telescope and built upon the heliocentric theory
- Johannes Kepler
- founder of modern astronomy
- Miguel de Cervantes
- Spanish author who wrote about love and amazing adventures (first novel)
- John Locke
- treaties on 2 govenments, life, liberty, and property
- Eugene Delacoix
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- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- french philosopher who beleived paople are good by nature and should rely on their instincts
- Peter the Great
- ruler of Russia when he was just 22; westernized country; started construction of new capital city called St. Petersburg
- Oliver Cromwell
- English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
- Voltaire
- Philosopher that defended the freedom of thought.
- Charles II
- King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration
- Isaac Newton
- discovered the laws of gravity
- William and Mary
- joint monarchs of England
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- From a musical family studied music his whole life traveled and brought new music ideas to the church-challenged tradition. Barogue style
- William Harvey
- discovered blood circukates through the body
- Charles I
- king of the Franks
- Louis XIV
- known as the sun king; moved the capital from Paris to Versailles, recognized as one of the most poweful monarchs of Europe