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310150876CopernicusEarth is not center of universe0
310150877GalileoImproved telescope + planets revolve around sun1
310150878NewtonThree laws of motion + objects on Earth and celestial bodies governed by same laws2
310150879KeplerThree laws of planetary motion3
310150880MontesquieuSeparation of powers4
310150881VoltaireFreedom of rights (religion, expression, ect.)5
310150882LockeEveryone born with universal rights; government should protect those rights; government can punish those who violates rights6
310150883HobbesGovernment should represent the people + people can do whatever if it's not specifically blocked by the law7
310150884Rousseau"The Social Contract" -- "general will" sparks equality8
310150885WollstonecraftWomen's rights9
310150886Prince Henry the NavigatorEarly European trade and maritime exploration w/ other continents10
310150887Vasco de GamaPortuguese explorer, first to sail directly from Europe --> India11
310150888ColumbusVoyages across Atlantic that raised awareness of Americas + colonized New World12
310150889Ferdinand and IsabellaUnited Castile and Aragon, created Spain13
310150890VespucciWent to New World and realized it was not Asia14
310150891Ponce de LeonEuropean exploration to Florida15
310150892Vasco de BalboaFirst European to reach Pacific Ocean from the New World16
310150893MagellanFirst to sail Atlantic --> Pacific + first to cross Pacific. Voyage was first to circumnavigate Earth, but Magellan himself did not make it17
310150894Sir Francis DrakeSecond circumnavigation of world18
310150895John CabotFirst European encounter w/ North America after Vikings19
310150896Henry HudsonExplored New York (trying to get to China), named Hudson River, Dutch colonization there20
310150897CortesConquered Aztecs21
310150898MontezumaReigned during fall of Aztecs22
310150899PizzaroFirst Spanish settlement in Peru (conquered Incas)23
312351751LutherStarted Protestant Reformation (Lutheranism)24
312351752CalvinStarted Calvinism (all fates predetermined)25
312351753Henry VIIISeparated from Catholic Church (created Church of England)26
312351754Edward VIFirst English monarch raised as a Protestant27
312351755Mary IBurned Protestants + succeeded Edward VI + Catholic rule28
312351756Elizabeth ISucceeded Mary I, "Virgin Queen" + blended Protestants and Catholics29
312351757Louis XIV"Sun King" -- King of France and came up with the "divine right of kings"30
312351758James IKing James Bible + ruled both Scotland and England31
312351759Charles IMade saint by Church of England32
312351760CromwellOverthrew English monarchy, temp. turned England into republican Commonwealth33
312351761William and MaryEnded Glorious Revolution, signed English Bill of Rights (better standing between monarchs and Parliament)34
312351762Bartolome de las CasasOne of the first New World settlers; opposed treatment of Natives35

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