Explorers
Christopher Columbus
European who “Found” South America when sailing for faster route to Asia
Amerigo Vespucci
Realized the Americas were not new land; Americas are named after him
Jean-Jaques Rousseau
Source of idea of the social contract as a compact between the individual and a collective “general will” aimed at the common good
George Whitefield
A Methodist Evangelical; B. Franklin was a fan
Henry Hudson
Discovered the Hudson Bay and Hudson River
Vasco da Gama
Sailed with Bartolomeu Dias around Cape Good Hope
Thomas Hobbes
Argued that all men are naturally evil
Johnathan Edwards
Wrote “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
Ferdinand Magellan
His men completed the first voyage around the World
Juan Ponce de Leon
Looked for the fountain of youth in Florida
The Baron de Montesquieu
Separation of Powers; wrote Spirit of Law
Sir Isaac Newton
Discovered gravity and calculus
Prince Henry
Portuguese prince who sponsored voyages
Italian explorer who discovered
Hernando de Soto
Sent to Colonize Florida
John Locke
Responsible for the idea of Life, Liberty, and Property; believed all men are inherently good
Scientific Revolution
Scientific Revolution is the name given to a period of drastic change in scientific thought that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries.
John Cabot
Italian explorer who discovered Newfoundland; first European since the Vikings on North A.
Lief Erikson
1st European to the New World
Voltaire
Writer who argued for tolerance and reason above all else
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a series of religious revivals in American Christian history.