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  was signed establishing the foundations of English rights
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  developed the heliocentric theory
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  began in art, music, and architecture (Bach and Handel were composers)
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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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  showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body
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  used the telescope to support the proof of the heliocentric theory
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  began between the Roundheads (supporters of Parliament) and the Cavaliers (supporters of the King)
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  was beheaded
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  social contract (people give up rights to a strong ruler who maintains order)
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  began his rule of England as the Lord Protector
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  the monarchy was put back in control in England
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  James II
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  published his law of gravity
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  published Two Treatises on Government - it was his theory of “natural rights” (life, liberty, and property)
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  became the leaders of England (this is referred to as the Glorious Revolution)
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  was passed laying out specific rights on Parliament and putting limits on royal power
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  began which was heavily influenced by the Age of Enlightenment
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  began having been influenced by the Enlightenment and the American Revolution
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  were created to improve year round transport and trade
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  built under the reign of Louis XIV
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  was started by Peter the Great
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  became the capital of Russia under Peter the Great
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  (the Enlightenment) began
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  changed his name to Voltaire and goes on to champion
 individual freedoms
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  became the czar of Russia
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  in art, music, and architecture (Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven were composers)
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  published On the Spirit of Laws – detailing separation of powers in
 government
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  wrote The Social Contract – free individuals create a
 society and government
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  became the king of France
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  wrote the Declaration of Independence
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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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  was added to the Constitution of the United States
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  marked a period of mass executions during the French Revolution
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  was executed at the guillotine
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  was executed at the guillotine
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  introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox
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  seized power in France in a coup d’etat
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  began the transition of art to the Romantic School