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- age of reason
- a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions
- english civil war
- civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I
- charles 1
- Enforced Divine Right. Bring more Absolutist policies to England .Also brought too much Catholic influence. Tried and Executed in 1649 as a "tyrant,traitor, murderer, and public enemy"
- geocentric
- having the earth as the center
- wolfgang amadeus mozart
- 6 year old prodigy. Wrote more than 600 pieces of music. Gained instant celebrity. Died at 35. Music helped define a new style of composition
- peter the great
- czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government
- johannes kepler
- German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630)
- miguel de cervantes
- Spanish writer best remembered for 'Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)
- isaac newton
- English mathematician and physicist
- eugene delacroix
- French romantic painter (1798-1863)
- age of absolution
- 1650-1789. attempt for royalty to extend control of all aspects of life.
- scientific revolution
- an era between 16th and 18th centuries when scientists began doing research in a new way using the scientific method
- charles 2
- was a man who was disliked for his support of catholicism in england
- louis xiv
- king of France from 1643 to 1715
- johann sebastian bach
- German baroque organist and contrapuntist
- william and mary
- Prostestant, married William of Orange ruler of Netherlands and Protestant champion of Europe, invited by Parilament to assume the throne, James II offered no resistence and fled to France
- enlightenment
- a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions
- nicolaus copernicus
- Polish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)
- william harvey
- English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood
- galileo galilei
- Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars
- english bill of rights
- King William and Queen Mary accepted this document in 1689. It guaranteed certain rights to English citizens and declared that elections for Parliament would happen frequently. By accepting this document, they supported a limited monarchy, a system in which they shared their power with Parliament and the people.
- thomas hobbes
- English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)
- voltaire
- French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778)
- john locke
- English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)
- glorious revolution
- A reference to the political events of 1688-1689, when James II abdicated his throne and was replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband, Prince William of Orange.
- montesquieu
- French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)
- frederick the great
- king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786
- oliver cromwell
- English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)