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  German inventor Johannes Gutenburg
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  Renaissance is a french word meaning rebirth.The Renaissance began in northern Italy then spread through the rest of Europe. It influenced painting, sculpture, and architecture.
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  Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings in the world. The lady portrayed in the painting is believed to have been a merchant's wife.
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  Written by Martin Luther about the church.
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  Martin Luther translated the bible from latin to german so that more people were able to read it.
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  The idea that the Earth revolves around the sun.
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  The council of trent made reforms and clarified the doctrines of the church.
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  During this time, many European monarchs becamse absolute monarchs.
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  When some catholics plotted to blow up James I
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  Galileo invented the first telescope about four hundred years ago. It wasn't able to magnify things very much but it worked.
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  The 30 years war was a war fought between Protestants and Catholics over their different religious views.
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  began a series of three civil wars
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  The Sun King. Had the longest reign in European History
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  the last of the english civil wars.
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  Newton's law of gravity states that every massive object on earth attracts other massive particle.
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  This time is called glorious because it achieved it's objective without any bloodshed.
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  Thomas Savery invented the first steam engine.
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  When Louis was young, his mother died and so he longed for motherly presence that he tried to find in the company of women.
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  Louis XVI was twenty years old when he took the throne.
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  time of radical and social upheaval in French history
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  During this time period people stopped trying to base facts off of their religion.
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  The Cotton Gin was invented by Eli Whitney during the American Revolution.
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  The first electric battery was invented in the 1800s and has been technologically improved over time.
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  John Deere invented the first steel plow that helped the farmers on the great plains
