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Manchu emperor Kan'g-hsi gained the trust of the Chinese by doing these things
What are lowering taxes, improving public services, leaving his palace to visit the people, and sponsoring 3 projects to preserve Chinese traditions?
He is the founder of the Society of Friends, called the Quakers b/c he told a judge to "tremble at the word of God"
Who is George Fox?
He is most famous for his ideas on gravity but is also credited with inventing calculus
Who was Isaac Newton?
Founder of the Amish
Who was Jakob Amman?
The “First Modern Chemist” who understood compounds had smaller parts called elements or atoms
Who was Robert Boyle?
He was a French mathematician and invented the first calculator; he became a Christian later in life
Who was Blaise Pascal?
Puritan author who dictated Paradise Lost over seven years to his three daughters
Who was John Milton?
He is known as the “Father of Modern Education”
Who was John Amos Comenius?
He is the founder of Connecticut and “Father of American Democracy”
Who was Thomas Hooker?
Czar of Russia who built St. Petersburg
Who was Peter I?
Known for his influential ideas about governments, such as man’s natural rights
Who was John Locke?
Dutch painter who is famous for realism and capturing emotion in his paintings
Who was Rembrandt?
Musician who wrote the famous Christmas hymn “Joy to the World”
Extravagant king of France who built the Palace of Versailles and persecuted the Huguenots
Who was King Louis XIV?
Founder of Pennsylvania who bought land from the Native Americans
Who was William Penn?
Borroco means "irregular pearl," but it came to mean this
What is "anything flamboyant or extravagant?"
Connecticut was named after the native word Quin-nequk-tu-cut which means this
This man wrote a defense of the belief in grace in the form of ___, and fragments of profound thoughts called ___
What are letters and Pensées?
Who was King Charles II of England?
70% of African slaves were taken to the Americas to help with the production of this
What is sugar?
The things that the European Jews of the Renaissance held on to during persecution.
What are a strong work ethic, family and customs, the writings of their rabbis, and the Yiddish language?
When Oliver Cromwell became the leader of England, he imposed these types of laws
What are laws based on Puritan morals, often called "blue laws," to improve the morals of England?
The name of the treatise written by John Locke defending the people's stance against absolute monarchy
What is The Second Treatise of Government?
What is the Bill of Rights which created a balance between the monarchy and Parliament?
Reasons why the Amish practice strict separation from the world
What are avoiding the stain of worldliness and the belief that non-Anabaptists cannot be saved?