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Brought potatoes and tobacco from North America to Ireland and England
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
A fictional character who thought he was a knight
Who is Don Quixote?
Her name means “naughty one” or “spoiled child,” she helped Jamestown, and impressed people in England
What was Pocahontas?
Taught the Pilgrims how and where to hunt and how to improve their crops
Who was Squanto?
A significant leader in the Dutch Revolt; was assassinated and seen as a martyr
Who was William the Silent?
Helped establish 1st permanent English settlement in America; insisted EVERYONE work for their food
Who is John Smith?
Known for his fake nose and being the first to observe a supernova; was an Imperial mathematician
Who was Tycho Brahe?
Separatist who taught believer baptism to his church in Amsterdam; later asked to leave his church
Who was John Smyth?
Spanish author who wrote for decades before having a successful novel, which he began while in jail!
Who was Miguel de Cervantes?
Considered a hero by the English and a pirate by the Spanish
Who was Sir Francis Drake?
The English explorer who disappeared
Who was Henry Hudson?
Closed Japan’s ports and borders and made Christianity illegal
Who was Ieyasu Tokugawa?
A man from Stratford-upon-Avon (later London) who may not have actually written the works attributed to him
Who was William Shakespeare?
Established Quebec, Canada and known for his respect for the First Nations people; the "Father of New France"
Who was Samuel de Champlain?
Genius mathematician;wrote laws of planetary motion; was an Imperial mathematician
Who was Johannes Kepler?
The first writer to make the personal essay a respected literary form
Who was Michel de Montaigne?
While in jail, this man began writing his classic novel, Don Quixote
Who was Miguel de Cervantes?
The Golden Hind helped Sir Francis Drake achieve this feat
What is circumnavigate the world?
The 1) name Raleigh gave the east coast of America to honor 2) this person
What is Virginia and who is Queen Elizabeth I?
The Defenestration of Prague, the Swedish Charge, and the Peace of Westphalia are all events of this war
What is the Thirty Years' War?
Puritan who helped settle Salem and Boston, MA
Who is John Winthrop?
English philosopher known for ushering in the Age of Reason, looking to sound reason instead of ancient thinkers
Who was Sir Francis Bacon?
Contributed greatly to philosophy, physics, math; determined his thoughts proved he existed
Who was Rene Descartes?
Developed the law of falling bodies; legend says by dropping weights from the Tower of Pisa
Who was Galileo Galilei?
The Puritans printed the first Bible in North America for these people
Who were the Algonquian-speaking Native Americans?