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He reigned for 72 years and considered himself the "Sun King."
Who is Louis XIV?
He developed a stronger telescope and was able to prove that Ptolemy's theories about the moon were wrong.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
She created an atmosphere that brought England a golden age of literature and drama.
Who is Queen Elizabeth?
It was an era of great progress in understanding the workings and laws of nature.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
He composed many poems and created new words to express his ideas.
Who is William Shakespeare?
She reigned for nearly half a century without marrying, probably to protect her power.
Who is Queen Elizabeth?
He taught the Jamestown settlers how to plant and harvest tobacco, which saved the colony's economy.
Who is John Rolfe?
He did not involve himself with the struggles of working people or the sufferings of the poor.
Who is Louis XIV?
His mathematical work on the laws of motion still forms the basis for the study of motion today.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This astronomer was put on trial by the Catholic Church for his ideas that went against the teachings of the Bible.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
He wrote the epic poem The Faerie Queene about knights and virtue.
Who is Edmund Spencer?
He wrote the first accurate description of human anatomy.
Who is Andreas Vesalius?
This Cambridge mathematics professor developed the theory of universal gravitation that revolutionized astronomy.
Who is Isaac Newton?
The Italian mariner who sailed under the British flag and landed in Canada in 1497.
Who is John Cabot?
This leader of the Scientific Revolution in France developed the mathematical system of Cartesian coordinates.
Who is René Descartes?
This leader of the Scientific Revolution in England asserted that scientists should rely on what they can observe with their senses and emphasized the need for experimentation.
Who is Francis Bacon?
True or False: The French philosopher Voltaire believed people should be free to use reason and make up their own minds about religion, politics, and philosophy.
What is true?
This English monarch had a short reign marked by violence and anger over the issue of England's religion.
Who is Mary I?
This leader of the Scientific Revolution published On the Revolution of Heavenly Bodies, concluding that the earth revolves around the sun.
Who is Nicholas Copernicus?
This document said that a king needed Parliament's permission to set aside laws, maintain an army in peacetime, or tax people.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This American Enlightenment figure was a political philosopher and experimental scientist.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The Pilgrims on the Mayflower signed what document, which was an agreement stating that they would meet from time to time to make laws for their colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
True or False: religious differences between the Catholic ruler of Spain and the Protestant ruler of England was a cause of the conflict between Spain and England during the 1500s.
What is true?
This English philosopher wrote about natural laws including life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for his voyage around the globe and helped England achieve victory over the Spanish fleet.
Who is Francis Drake?