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5476373055GutenbergInvented the printing press which first printed the bible and made books cheaper0
5476376533Martin Luther95 theses; faith alone not the church to get to heaven1
5476378672John Calvinbelieved in hard work,discipline, honesty, and morality; predestination; church hierarchy or theocracy; bible was only source of religious truth2
5476384137John WycliffeEnglish priest and theologian; translated Vulgate Bible into English; pushed for many reforms3
5476388166Jan Husscriticized the church; executed by the holy roman empire4
5476391164Elizabeth the IAnglican but tolerant of Catholics; was married to Henry VIII but divorced5
5476393206King Henry VIIIEnglish king: rules with absolute power. Six marriages, know for role in the separation of the church of England from the Roman Catholic Church6
5476394927Francis IKing of France; imposed new control of catholic church: renaissance monarch7
5476398038MachiavelliAuthor of The Prince; every influential writer8
5476401095Cardinal Richelieuadvisor for Louis XIV; Catholic: wanted the centralize the king's power9
5476404560Francis BaconEnglish philosopher, author, scientist and statesman. Influential member of scientific revolution10
5476406002Descartesestablished that human reason could be used to develop laws explaining the fundamentals of nature11
5476409785NewtonFormulated the law of gravity12
5476412980John LockeWrote 2 treaties on government; believed the people were sovereign; thought government was designed to protect natural rights " life, liberty, and property"13
5476415640MontesquieuWrote Sprite of Laws; Believed the best governments have a separation of powers14
5476418996Charles V of HabsburgKing of Spain; ruler of the Hapsburg empire; gave up his title to become a monk, divided his empire, leaving the hapsburg lands in central Europe to his brother, Ferdinand; gave spain, the netherlands, some southern Italian states, and Spain's overseas empire to his son Philip, later Philip II.15
5476425227HobbesWrote Leviathan; believed the best form of government was absolutism; believed the people consented to government for self-protection16
5476428873RousseauWrote Social Contract; Argued that government and the people agreed to a social contract17
5476433179VoltaireBelieved on Religious freedom was needed, not religious fanaticism; Argued for the separation of church and state18
5476440135Mary Wollstonecraftenlightenment thinker; feminist; from England; argued that politics should be opened to women19
5476452243Louis XIV (sun King)of France; example of divine right absolute rule; moved home and office to the Palace of Versailles20
5476456323Glorious RevolutionEnglish people overthrew James II; resulted in parliament getting basic sovereignty over the king21
5476460378William and Mary of Englandnamed the new king and queen during the Glorious Revolution by Parliament22
5476464734Charles II of Englandbecame king (son of Charles I) Known as restoration because the Stuart line of kings was restored to the throne; Catholic but parliament was Protestant causing issues23
5476467992Treaty of Nantesdecree made by Henry IV in Nantes to restore internal peace in France; defined the rights of the French Protestants24
5476477988Treaty of Westphaliaalso known as Peace of Westphalia; name of several treaties that concluded the Thirty Years' War; marked the end of a large-scale religious violence in Europe; ended war25
5476481630English Civil Warkings wanted absolute rule but parliament prevented it; Charles I26
5476489129Cromwell(Oliver) Led parliament's forces and captured and killed king Charles; became king during the Restoration27
5476492470Henry Ison of William the conqueror; King of England28
5476497636Proletariatclass of working people without ability to use producing property because of economic change29
5476501833KeplerDiscovered the planets moved in an elliptical shape30
5476505258Harveydiscovered the heart circulated the blood in a circuit form31

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