Renaissance
Reformation
Exploration
Scientific Revolution
Age of Revolution & Rebellion
100
Known as the "Renaissance Man"
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
100
He criticized the use of indulgences and the Church in the 95 Theses
Who is Martin Luther?
100
He created a school for sailors in Portugal to support open sea sailing.
Who is Prince Henry?
100
He proposed the heliocentric theory.
Who is Copernicus?
100
Leader of the Roundhead army in England, he executed King Charles I, and created a dictatorship he called a commonwealth.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
200
Pained the Sistine Chapel, and sculpted the Pieta and David.
Who is Michelangelo?
200
He proposed the idea of predestination, an all powerful and knowing God knows our eternal fate at birth.
Who is John Calvin?
200
He traveled around Africa and was the first European to reach India by sea.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
200
He swa Jupiter's moons through his improved telescope and spent his life under Church house arrest for his ideas about the universe.
Who is Galileo?
200
Monarchs of England who gained power in the Glorious Revolution and signed the English Bill of Rights of 1689.
Who is William and Mary?
300
Father of the sonnet and wrote of unrequited love.
Who is Petrarch?
300
He just wanted a divorce but was willing to leave the Church to get it and create a new church of his own.
Who is Henry VIII?
300
He sailed the ocean blue in 1492 landing in the Caribbean.
Who is Columbus?
300
Famous for his laws of motion and universal gravitation.
Who is Isaac Newton?
300
Leader of France after the revolution who returned stability and absolute power to the nation. He declined in power due to his defeat in Russia.
Who is Napoleon?
400
Father of Christian humanism, he wanted to reform the church in the church and wrote "In Praise of Folly" a satire of church corruption.
Who is Erasmus?
400
He created the Order of the Society of Jesus, a Catholic clergy that was devoted to educating people about the Catholic faith and converting people to Catholicism across the globe.
Who is St. Ignatius of Loyola?
400
He founded Quebec as a fur trading port for the French in North America.
Who is Champlain?
400
Advocate for the separation of powers, and checks and balances in government.
Who is Montesquieu?
400
Leader of free people of color in Haiti demonstrating great leadership skills and military genius but was tricked by the French ending his life in a French prison.
Who is Toussaint L'Overture?
500
He suggested that rulers must be ruthless if they must to keep order in "The Prince".
Who is Machiavelli?
500
A meeting of Catholic leaders to discuss if changes should be made in the Church to address Protestant issues. In the end, no change in Church doctrine was made.
What is the Council of Trent?
500
His expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Magellan?
500
Believed in the social contract and natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
500
The "Liberator" of South America, he wanted a representative government like the US but his dream was not realized due to the greed of military leaders who wanted control of their nations.
Who is Simon Bolivar?
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