202050869 | Cardinal Richelieu | published ideas based upon catholic beliefs, and his ideas assisted in the 30 years war | |
202050870 | Ferdinand Magellan | Discovered the pacific ocean, route around the globe, and the strait of magellan. He named the pacific ocean, and the routes were extremely useful to traders. Portugal opposed him | |
202050871 | John Speke | discovered the great lakes, lake tanganyika, lake victoria, and the source of the nile river. Mapped Africa and found the importance of the nile river | |
202050872 | Ignatius Loyola | He founded and created The Society of Jesus, which was based on Catholic beliefs. The protestants opposed him | |
202050873 | John Knox | ideas based upon Prebyterianism, and the French Catholic Church opposed him. His ideas started the Scottish Reformation | |
202050874 | Henry viii of England | created the Church of England | |
202050875 | Francis Drake | He explored the west coast of Canada and Spain opposed him | |
202050876 | Richard Burton | aided John Speke | |
202050877 | Henry Hudson | discovered the Hudson Bay, Hudson River, and the fact that there isn't a Northwest passage. This lead to a more accurate map of the world | |
202050878 | Martin Luther | Posted the 95 theses, and created the protestant reformation | |
202050879 | David Livingstone | discovered Lake Ngami, Victoria Falls, Chilwa Rover, Lake Malawi, and Lake Nyasa. He spread Christianity throughout Africa and the African natives resisted | |
202050880 | John Calvin | Created Calvinism, which is the theological idea that you're saved from birth or not. Published the Institutes of the Christian Religion, and the French Catholic Church opposed him | |
202050881 | Christopher Columbus | Discovered the Americas, which introduced colonization of the Americas and mass trading. He was opposed by natives. | |
202050882 | Hernando Cortes | The area of Mexico and California was given to spain, which led to the downfall of the Aztec empire. England and the Aztecs opposed him | |
202050883 | Hernando Cortes | discovered the southern parts of North America and the Aztec Empire. | |
202113714 | Crimean War | Russia, Britain, France, Turkey, and Sardinia participated in this war. Russia and France fought over control over religious sites in the Holy Land | |
202113715 | Crimean War | Major battles include Battle of Inkerman, Battle of the Alma, Siege of Sevastopol, and the Battle of Balaklova. Treaty of Paris is the only treaty. Russia lost the domination of the Black Sea and the protestorate of Eastern Christians | |
202113716 | Napoleonic Wars | Britain and France fought in this war. Britain cancelled the Treaty of Amiens, which started the war. As a result of the war, Napoleon was exiled. | |
202113717 | Napoleonic Wars | Some battles include Battle of Waterloo, Battle of Ulm, Battle of Ligny, and the Battle of Leipzing. A short term effect was that the British Empire became a world power for a limited time. This war began the Pax Britamica (long term). | |
202113718 | War of the Spanish Succession | Britain, France, and Holland fought in this war. Cause of Conflict was that Charles II died without children to take his throne. The British, Dutch, and French claimed the throne. | |
202113719 | War of the Spanish Succession | Some major battles include Battles of Families, Battle of Blenheim, and the Battle of Malplaquet. | |
202113720 | War of the Spanish Succession | Some treaties in this war included Treaty of Baden, Treaty of Blenheim, and the Treaty of Rastatt. A short term effect was that Phillip was crowned (grandson of the King of France) | |
202113721 | World War II | Germany, Italy, Japan, United States of America, and Russia fought in this war. Germany, Italy, and Japan wanted to expand their borders, and weren't satisfied with the treaties in World War I. | |
202113722 | World War II | Some major battles include Battle of Britain, Battle for Berlin, Pearl Harbor Attack, D. Day, Battle of Wake Island, and the Battle of the Bulge. | |
202113723 | World War II | Japan surrendered in September 2nd. Six million Jews had died because of the war (short), and radiation damage from Hiroshima caused havoc (long) | |
202113724 | Cold War | United States and Russia participated in this war. The cause of conflict was that Russian ideas and United States' ideas upon government clashed and both fought for supremacy. US budget for national security increased (short). | |
202113725 | Spanish-American War | United States, Spain, and Cuba participated in this war. Cuba wanted independence from Spain, and the US wanted to help Cuba. | |
202113726 | Spanish-American War | A major battle was the Battle of Manilla Bay. The treaty of paris was the only treaty. Spain lost Guam and Puerto Rico to the US, and Cuba gained independence. US bought Philippines form Spain. | |
202113727 | Russo-Japanese War | Russia, Japan, Korea, and Manchoria were in this war. Russia and Japan were eager to dominate Korea and Manchoria | |
202113728 | Russo-Japanese War | Major battles include Battle of Tsushima, Battle of Liao-yang, Battle of Mukden, and the Battle of Fu-hsien. Treaty of Portismouth was employed. Nobel prize was awarded to Teddy Roosevelt (short), and Japan became a world power, setting the stage for WWII (long). | |
202113729 | Boer War | Great Britain and South African Republic were in this war. Britain wanted Africa's natural resources. British settlers from South Africans were trying to annex Dutch settlers that lived in Africa. | |
202113730 | Boer War | A major battle was the Anglo-boer War. The peace of Vereenigning was a treaty. The Boers lost their independence (long). | |
202113731 | Thirty Years War | Sweden, Germany, France, and Spain fought in this war. The cause of the war was a dispute between balance of power within the empire, and the dispute between protestants and catholics. | |
202113732 | Thirty Years War | Major battles include The Defehestratium of Prague, Battle of Lutzen, Battle of White Mountain, Battle of Nordingen, Battle of Breitenfeld, Battle of Wittstock, and the Battle of Rocroi | |
202113733 | Thirty Years War | Peace of Westphalia is the only treaty in this war. The member states of the Holy Roman Empire were granted full soveregnity (short). Every European country had borders created for them, and the structure of modern Europe as a community of sovereign states was established. | |
202152075 | Russian Revolution | Russian citizens caused this revolution because of poverty, partial industrialization, and unfair autocracy. | |
202152076 | Russian Revolution | Military leaders led the military and citizens to revolt against power in their area and russian government. The goal was the create an equal government because of the Soviet Union. | |
202152077 | Greek Revolution | Filiki Eteria, which is an organization founded with the intention of liberating Greece. Greeks didn't have rights under Turks' rule, and they were revolting with power. | |
202152078 | Greek Revolution | Emmahaouil Yanthus, Athanasious Tsakaloff, and Nickolaous Scouphas created Filiki Eteria. They planned for citizens to rebel against the Turks' rule. They gained independence from the Ottoman Empire. | |
202152079 | American Revolution | The 13 colonies banded together to get rid of British rule. The Boston Tea party, Proclamation of 1763, rising of taxes, continental congress, and British soldiers in America caused the revolution. | |
202152080 | American Revolution | The Americans fought with militias, using guerilla warfare. They gained independence from Britain, and gave non-slaved Americans equal rights. | |
202152081 | French Revolution | Liberal political groups led the revolt. Reasons were because they were killing aristocrats, making taxes higher, financial strain in the country, famine, storming of Bastille, creating constitutions, and higher bread prices. | |
202152082 | French Revolution | Liberal political groups of France's strategy was to kill all aristocrats and monarchs. They eventually overthrew France, gave French citizens equal rights, abolished unfair political systems, French Constitution, and created a unfair political system (only negative). | |
202152083 | Glorious Revolution | Parliamentarians led the revolution. The causes for the revolution was the Declaration of Indulgence, restricted religious rights, bill of rights, and the repeal of test acts. | |
202152084 | Glorious Revolution | William III of Orange-Nassau lead this revolution. They eventually accomplished having a protestant country, gave more authority to Parliament, and constrained Royal power. | |
202152085 | Revolutions of 1848 | Europeans were unhappy with the rule. Causes of revolution was because of anarchy, taxes, and discontent with new rule. | |
202152086 | Revolutions of 1848 | Citizens of Europe planned to rebel against monarchs. They created a democratic nation and a better low-class representation. | |
202306256 | Voltaire | His publication was named Candide. He believed monarchy was the key to progress, didn't believe in religious tax, believed in enlightened monarch, aristocracy was corrupt, French bourgeoisie was ineffective and didn't like the French Government and Church. | |
202306257 | Voltaire | His ideas impacted France because the French got civil rights, religious freedom, and fair trials. He influenced political theorists, philosophers, historians, and educators. | |
202306258 | Thomas More | He publicized History of King Richard III and Utopia. He didn't believe in the Church of England (est. by Henry VIII of England). He assisted in the Protestant reformation | |
202306259 | Niccolo Machiavelli | He publicized The Prince and The Art of War. He believed religion is important in war to give combatants willingness, and had republican beliefs. He later on founded political science | |
202306260 | Adam Smith | He had essays on philosophical subjects, and publicized The Wealth of Nations, Lectures on Jurisprudence, and Moral Sentiments | |
202306261 | Adam Smith | Believed in a personal God. He also believed in a capitalist economy, where the citizens could freely pursue their ideas with repression. If led to oppression, the government will intervene. He developed the European Economy | |
202306262 | Nicholas Copernicus | He publicized De Revolutionitius Orbiurh Coetestium. He believed the sun was the center of the universe, and developed the Copernicus System. He developed the Scientific Revolution and scholars built off from his ideas. | |
202306263 | Isaac Newton | He publicized Opticles and Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. He believed terrestrial gravity expands, and he created the three laws of motion. He founded gravity as well as the three laws of motion. | |
202306264 | Charles Darwin | He wrote The Descent of Man and The Origen of Species. He believed in natural selection, and that species would pass successful traits (evolution and adaptation) | |
202306265 | Charles Darwin | He changed science and biological views upon animals, and the way classifications of all living organisms began | |
202306266 | Baron de Montesquieu | He wrote the Persian Letters, Letters Persanes, and The Spirit of the Laws. He believed in the Meteorological theory | |
202306267 | Baron de Montesquieu | he's responsible for the popularization of the terms feudalism and Byzantine Empire | |
202306268 | Thomas Malthus | He wrote the Essay on the Principle of Population. he believed population would expand to such a degree, that the world would be engulfed in famine, war, and ill-health. | |
202306269 | Thomas Malthus | He inspired Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace to create ideas of the evolution of species | |
202306270 | John Locke | He wrote two treaties of government, letters concerning toleration, thoughts concerning education, an essay concerning human understanding, and Reasonableness of Christianity. | |
202306271 | John Locke | he opposed Authoritarianism, and believed that using reason to understand the truth will commence human flourishing. he participated in the Glorious Revolution as an activist. | |
202306272 | Denis Diderot | He publicized The Nun, Rameaus Nephew, The Interpretation of Nature, Essay on Painting, a letter on the impaired, and edited the encyclopedia. He was an atheist, and believed one could live life without religion. | |
202306273 | Denis Diderot | His political views were based upon his philosophical materialism and atheism. His political ideas were a key component in the early stages of the French Revolution, and his vision of the theater had an impact on the Romantics in the 18-19th centuries. | |
202306274 | Francis Bacon | He publicized new Atlantis, Great Instauration, Advancement of Learning, Norum Organum, and essays. | |
202306275 | Francis Bacon | He believed science is the best improvement in human history, on the baconian method, and that knowledge is power. His ideas were influential to Parliamentarian Scholars, and he created the scientific method. | |
202306276 | Galileo Galilei | He wrote The Assayer, The Sidereal Messenger, and a dialogue concerning two chief world systems. | |
202306277 | Galileo Galilei | He believed the universe was structured around geometric patterns, and sun was the center of our solar system. He invented the telescope. | |
202306278 | Karl Marx | He wrote Surplus Value, On the Jewish Question, Capital, Rheinische Zeitung, and okonomisch-Philosophische Manoskripte aus dem Jahre. | |
202306279 | Karl Marx | He believed in the idea of matter over mind, dialectical structures, historical inevitability, and the foundations of reality lay in the material base of economics. His ideas based the Soviet Union. |
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