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  Developed the heliocentric theory
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  Showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood through the body
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  Published Leviathan- Social contract people give up rights to a strong ruler who maintains orders)
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  Began his rule of England as the Lord Protector
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  Was Beheaded
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  Began in art, music, and architecture (Bach and Handel were composers)
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  The monarchy was put back in control in England
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  Published Two Treaties on Government- It was his theory of "Natural Rights" (life,liberty,and property)
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  Became the King of England
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  became the king of France
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  Began between the Roundheads (Supporters of Parliament) and the cavaliers (supporters of the king)
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  Published his law of gravity
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  Published his law of gravity
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  Was passing laying out specific rights on Parliament and putting limits on royal power
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  Published On the Spirit of Laws- Detailing separation of powers in government
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  Became the leaders of England (This is referred to as the Glorious Revolution)
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  Changed his name to Voltaire and goes on to champion individual freedoms
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  Became the capital of Russia under Peter the Great
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  Wrote The Social Contract- Free individuals create a society and government
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  Began in art,music and architecture (Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven were composers)
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  Wrote the Declaration of Independence
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  Introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox
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  At the guillotine
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  Began which was heavily influenced by the age of Enlightenment
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  Seized power in France in a coup d'etat
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  Began having been influenced by the Enlightenment and the American Revolution
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  Was built under the reign of Louis XIV
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  Was ratified on the United States
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  Was the symbolic start of the French Revolution
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  (First 10 amendments) was added to the constitution of the United States
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  At the guillotine
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  (The Enlightenment) Began
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  Marked a period of mass executions during the French Revolution
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  Began the transition of art to the Romantic School
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  Became the czar of Russia
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  Became a new form of literature (Miguel Cervantes wrote Don Quixote)
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  Discovered planetary motion
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  Was signed established the foundations of english rights
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  Were created to improve year round transport and trade
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  Used the telescope to support the proof of the heliocentric theory