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1543
Copernicus
proposed a heliocentric system
faced resistance from the Catholic Church
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium was his book -
deleted rene descartes- denis diderot
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Francis Bacon
he was an english renaissance statesman
a philoshopher
he loved picasso -
galilei
motion, astronomy, and strength -
Rene Descartes
he came up with that the mind is seprate from the body.
he invented analytic geometry
"therefore i am" -
Isaac Newton
the three laws of motion
invented calculus
telescope -
John Locke
ideas of natural law
social contract
religious toleration -
Montesquieu
favor of a constitutional system of government and the separation of powers, the ending of slavery, the preservation of civil liberties and the law -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
philosopher, writer, and composer -
volitare
French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher, -
James Watt
inventor,
mechanical engineer
chemist -
Adam Smith
philosopher and economic theorist and wealthy -
George Washington
military officer, statesman, and Founding Father -
thomas jefferson
statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
composer
freemason
multilingual -
Maximillien Robespierre
leader of the Reign of Terror, Robespierre served on the National Assembly and was a very opinionated Jacobin. He believed in creating a better society -
Miguel Hidalgo
the father of Mexican independence established an independent Mexico and helped cultivate a unique Mexican identity -
Simon Bolivar
Bolívar ended slavery in the countries in which he held political power.
Bolívar's body has been exhumed several times by Venezuelan leaders for political reasons.
Venezuela asked for Bolívar's body from Colombia more than a dozen years after he died.