unit 5
world history class
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- WILLIAM AND MARY
- parliment replaced james the second with his daughter mary and her husband william
- JOHANNES KEPLER
- analized brahe's data and verified the heliocentric theory. These regularities are known as Helpers Laws of Planetary motion.
- 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
- LOUIS THE 14TH
- was one of the greatest absolute monarchs there is he ruled for 72 years and he was also know as the sun king he is famous for saying im am the state he moved the capital of paris to versailles which became the symbol of power and expanded france power
- SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
- time when there was a new emphasis on observation and reason in science, rather than a reliance on traditional knowledge
- AGE OF ABSOLUTISM
- time when European rulers strove to extend their power over all aspects of life in their nations.
- ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
- Fought between Parliament and the king's supporters, Parliament won and King Charles I was executed at the end.
- ISAAC NEWTON
- defined the laws of motion and gravity. newtown was trying to explain the motion of the universe.
- WOLFGANG AMEDEUS MOZART
- From a musical family, musical prodigy, traveled thru Europe, rebelled against church rules. piano concerto. Classical style
- WILLIAM HARVEY
- he refined vesalius ideas and showed the heart was the beginning of the blood circulatitons
- FALLOW
- a field that is not used to plant crops for a year
- JOHN LOCKE
- thoght people are good and thought natural law life liberty property HIS BOOK TWO TRETIES OF GOVERNMENT
- THOMAS HOBBES
- IS HIS BOOKLEVIATHAN people are natural eveil and and thought absolute monarch are the best
- PETER THE GREAT
- he became the ruler of russia he was 22 he believed that his country must westernize in order to be succesful he wanted his people to adopt engla
- GEOCENTRIC
- earth is at the center of the universe
- MONTESQUIEU
- developed branches of government. *Legislative *Judicial *Executive and THE SPIRIT OF LAWS is his book
- GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
- William and Mary were invited by Parliament to become King and Queen of England because the people were dissatisfied with Charles II
- NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
- Polish astronomer who posited a heliocentric universe in place of a geocentric universe.
- FREDERICK THE GREAT
- he was the ruler of prusia he centralized the government and put it under his control. he ws known as the royal drill sergant because he devoted him self to the prussian army
- CHARLES THE SECOND
- was disliked for his support of catholism in england
- AGE OF REASON
- era when people applied scientific knowledge and reason to issues of law and government
- ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
- Signed into law by William and Mary in 1689, ensuring that England's monarchs would be constitutional
- EUGENE DELACROIX
- Romantic art (emotions). use of color. historic themes
- CHARLES THE FIRST
- Stuart king who brought conflict with Parliament to a head and was subsequently executed.
- SCIENTIFIC METHOD
- It is a way to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments
- GALILEO GALILEI
- built the telescope and was the first to make regular observations with it.
- MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
- Don Quixole considered the first novel. about a man who wanders thru the countryside thinking that he's a knight
- ENLIGHTENMENT
- era when people applied scientific knowledge and reason to issues of law and government
- ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
- system in which a monarch had complete power
- OLIVER CROMWELL
- leader of the commonwealth army HE RULED ENGLAND AS LORD PRETECTOR UNTIL 1658 DECTATOR TILL DEATH
- JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
- believed humans are naturally good. Rely on instincts. Govt. exists to protect common rights and be a democracy and social contract is his book
- DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS
- the idea that God had chosen monarchs to rule
- HELIOCENTRIC
- Theory that sun is center of the universe
- VOLTAIRE
- Believed in free speech, religious tolerence, and seperation of church and state and candid was his book
- CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
- system in which a monarch is limited by laws and had to share power with Parliament or another law-making body