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Niccolo Machiavelli
Machiavelli was an Italian Renaissance philosopher. He is famous for his work titled The Prince. Machiavelli believed that a political leader should do anything and everything necessary to maintain order. -
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare lived from 1564-1616. He was famous for his dramatic trajedies such as Romeo and Juliet. His works are still taught in high schools today.
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Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes was a French Mathematician, scientist, and philosopher. He was best known for his rationalist ideas. -
John Locke
John Locke was a famous English philosopher. He believed in social contract, natural rights, and toleration. His ideas were integrated into the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was an inventer, political leader, writer, and a scientist. He is famous for being one of the Founding Fathers. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Benjamin Franklin -
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was baptized on June 5, 1723. He was a Scottish philosopher that is best known for his work An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. <ahref='http://http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/549630/Adam-Smith' >Adam Smith</a> -
James Bradley
James Bradley discovered a way of using abbreviation of starlight to calculate the speed of light within 5% of its actual speed.
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David Ricardo
in 1817 David Ricardo published a book called The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation. His book presented his theories concerning subjects such as the ones concerned with determining wages, values, and international trade. He developed the theory of comparative advantage, which is still acceptable to economists today.
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson is an important figure in history. He benefitted U.S. government in a number of ways; he drafted the Declaration of Independence, served as secretary of state under George Washington, and served as vice president under John Adams.
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Revolutionary War
The Revolutionary War was fought after the American colonists sent the Declaration of Independence to King Henry VIII. The colonists were tired of the king's tyrannical rule, so they fought a war to win their independence. (U.S. History) -
Constitutional Convention
After everyone realized the Articles of Confederation would not work, they called a convention to revise them. The product of this convention was the U.S. Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land. Some prominent figures in attendence were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin.
May- September 1787
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George Washington
George Washington took office as the first president of the United states. He was voted into office unanimously because of his character. He was a celebrated war hero from the French and Indian War in adition to the Revolutionary War (U.S. Government) -
Thomas Robert Malthus
Thomas Robert Malthus published ans essay on the Principle of Population in 1798. This essay warned about the dangers of unchecked population growth.
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Marbury vs. Madison
John Adams tried to fill several acancies in courts toward the end of his term, but when Jefferson became president, he refused to honor those appointments.William Marbury, one of the appointees, sued Madison, secretary of state, and asked the Supreme Court to deliver his comission. The court ruled that even though the Judiciary Act of 1789 gave the Supreme Court the power to do so, Article 3 of the Constitution didn't give that power. This established Judicial Review. (U.S. Government) -
World Population
This is the first time the world has ever had one billion people in the world population. Since the end of the Black Death, the world has experienced continuious growth.
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Edgar Allen Poe
Edgar Allen Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston MA. Poe became famous for his short horror stories and poems.
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Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte was a novelist who was famous for writing Jane Eyre in 1847. Her fame was short- lived; She died tragically on March 31, 1855. (She was pregnant and developed an exhausting pregnancy, which she died from.) (British Literature) -
Emily Bronte
Emily Bronte was another famous british novelist. Unfortunately, she only produced one novel before she lost her fight with tuberculosis at the young age of thirty.
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McCulloch vs. Maryland
A federal bank was established in Maryland and since establishing banks wasn't listed as a power of Congress in the Constitution, Maryland issued a law to tax the federal bank. The bank wouldn't pay, so Maryland sued the bank's cashier. The Supreme court ruled that Congress had the power to establish a bank because of the necessary and proper clause. The court also ruled that the bank didn't have to pay because of the supremacy clause.
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Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte was a famous poet and novelist in the nineteeth century. She had two sisters, Charlotte and Emily, who are also famous British literary figures. Like her sister Emily, she lost her fight with tuberculosis and died at the early age of twenty- nine.
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William Sturgeon
In 1823, William Sturgeon invented the electromagnet. Electromagnets are magnets powered by electricity; they can be found in places as strange as junk yards.
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Dimitri Mendeleev
Dimitri Mendeleev was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is famous for discovering the periodicity of the elements; he compiled the first atomic mass- based periodic table in 1869.
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Mark Twain
Sameul L. Clemons (better known as his pen name, Mark Twain) was born on November 30, 1835 and died on April 21, 1910. Mark Twain is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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W.K. Roentgen
Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen was born on March 27, 1845. He is creditted with discovering x-rays. He also won a Nobel prize in 1901.
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Civil War
The CIvil War was fought from 1861 to 1865; against common belief, it was fought over more than just slavery. The Civil War was fought to preserve the union.
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J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling became famous quickly for writing the Harry Potter series. The first three books in the Harry Potter series appeared in the top three positions on the New York Times best- seller list. In 2000, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire became the fastest- selling book in history.
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13th Amendment
The 13th amendment was passed to abolish slavery. It was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865 and was ratified by the states on December 6, 1865
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Eduard Suess
Eduard Suess was an Austrlian geologist. He is famous for introducing the term biosphere to include all forms of life on Earth.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is an American Classic. It was written in 1876 by Mark Twain. It is taught in numerous high schools.
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Niels Bohr
Neils Bohr (AKA Father of Quantum Theory) was born on October 7, 1885 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is famous for devising the quantum model of the atom, in which atoms had orbital shells of electrons.
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The Adventures of Hucklebery Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is considered an American classic. It was written by Mark Twain as a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was written as a children's story in 1900. It was transformed from a book to a play, and later it was made into a movie. There was even an African American version of this famous American literary work that casted stars such as Michael Jackson. -
Jean- Paul Sartre
Jean- Paul Sartre was a French novelist, but he also wrote plays. He was awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964, but for reasons unknown, he turned it down. <ahref='http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/524547/Jean-Paul-Sartre' >Jean- Paul Sartre </a> -
Great Depression
The Great Depression was an economic crisis felt around the world. After WWII, there was an economic boom in the United States, but that boom was followed by a depression where people lost almost all that they had.
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Dust Bowl
In the Great Plains during the 1930's it didn't rain much. Severe drout and heavy wind caused massive dust storms that raced across Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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Jacques Cousteau
in 1943, Jacques Cousteau became famous for inventing the self- contained underwater breathing aparatus (AKA scuba). The scuba made exploration of underwater environments easier.
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Peter Singer
Peter Singer is an australian philosopher who is famous for his applied ethics, beliefs on abortion, his view of infanticide, and animal liberation. He continues to influence minds today, he is perhaps the most influential philosopher alive. Peter Singer -
Civil Rights Movement
At its peak, the Civil Rights Movement was intense. There were riots, lynchings, fights, etc. Some important figures in the civil Rights Movement were Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks.
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Wilderness Act Passed
The Act that was passed to protect wild animals in the United States. It preserves designated areas of the wilderness and prevents it from being destroyed. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assasinated. He was a beloved Civil Rights activist who practiced nonviolence in his protests. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
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Ozone Hole
A hole in the Ozone layer was observed over Antarctica in 1985.
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Climate Change
In 1990, the first report on climate change was published by the Intergovernmental Panel. This was the cause of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (AKA UNFCCC).
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Hungary's Inflation Problem
In June of 1946, Hungary experienced the world's worst inflation. They were in debt after WWI, then WWII caused Hungary's inflation to turn into hyperinflation. Hungary did all it could to stop the hyperinflation from occuring, but they just could't control it.
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