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Period: Dec 24, 1549 to
Scientific revolution
It began in Europe and the expanded across the world. -
Period: Dec 24, 1561 to
Francis Bacon
was one of the great philosophers of the Scientific Revolution. His thoughts on logic and ethics in science and his ideas on the cooperation and interaction of the various fields of science, presented in his work Novum Organum, have remained influential in the scientific world to this day. -
Period: Dec 24, 1564 to
Galileo Galilei
The most successful scientist of the Scientific Revolution, save only Isaac Newton. -
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Rene Descartes
Was another great mind in the Scientific Revolution. the inventor of the deductive reasoning, Descartes was a failure as a practical scientist, but a success as a mathematician, uniting numer and form in his work Geometry. -
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The enlightenment
3 important characters: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Voltaire
• Thomas: Based his theories on his belief man was greedy selfish and cruel.
• John Locke: Had the same theories as Thomas but he believed that people could be reasonable and moral.
• Voltaire: He wrote and lectured about freedom of speech. -
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Enlightenment problems/outcomes
3 important issues or outcomes developed during the event:
• In the 1770s, Voltaire and other leading thinkers, led by the critic Denis Diderot (1713 to 1784), published Encyclopèdie, a collection of social and political writing. Encyclopèdie used reason to attack France's old order, theancien régime.
• Rationalism grew into a political movement, too, based in Paris and embodied in a group of writers
• The clout of the Church and State and the power struggle between them -
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American Revolution
IMPORTANT CHARACTERS:
George Washington: He played a leading military and political role in the American Revolution. He led his army to victory at multiple battles and was a key element in the victory of the war.
Benjamin Franklin: He helped draft the Declaration of Independence and successfully negotiated an alliance with France.
Alexander Hamilton: He helped found the first national bank, he was George Washington´s right hand man and won the battle of Yorktown. -
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French Revolution
This Revolution was caused because of the end of the “ancien régime”. One of the primary causes of the French revolution was the conflict between the monarchy and the reform of the tax system, this led to paralysis and bankruptcy. The French Revolution with the ascent when Napoleon Bonaparte. -
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NAPOLEON'S EMPIRE
Napoleon's empire included nearly all of Europe except for the Balkans. It was comprised of an enlarged France and various puppet nations actually ruled by Napoleon or by a Bonaparte subservient to Napoleon.
Though technically independent, it was in reality under Napoleon's control. Czar Alexander I of Russia was seriously upset by the recreation of the Polish state.