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Renaissance
Reformation
Scientific Revolution
Limits on Power
Enlightenment
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Carved the statue of David and painted the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
100
Christians who opposed the Catholic Church became known as this.
Protestants
100
Discovered the 3 Laws of Motion
Sir Isaac Newton
100
The United States Constitution requires the branches of government to remain independent of each other, known as this.
separation of powers
100
Instead of basing the beliefs about the world on the Bible, Enlightenment thinkers based theirs on
Reason
200
Painted the Mona Lisa and the The Last Supper
Leonardo DaVinci
200
Man who started the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
Martin Luther
200
Discovered laws of planetary motion.
Kepler
200
United States Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man emphasized the idea that governments must do this.
protect the rights of the people
200
Adam Smith wrote this.
The Wealth of Nations
300
The focus on achievement on Earth as opposed to preparation for the afterlife
Humanism
300
Broke away from the Catholic Church because he wanted to end his marriage.
King Henry VIII
300
Discovered proof that the Earth went around the sun, and was forced by the Catholic Church to recant his findings.
Galileo
300
Limited the power of the monarchy in Great Britain
Magna Carta
300
Believed humans were greedy and selfish my nature.
Thomas Hobbes
400
Emphasized the idea that “the ends justify the means.”
Niccolò Machiavelli
400
Martin Luther nailed these to the door of a church.
95 Theses
400
This means a version of the solar system with the Sun at the center.
Heliocentric
400
English Monarch who was executed for treason
Charles I
400
Art style that emerged in response to Classicism.
Romanticism
500
Powerful and wealthy banking family.
Medicis
500
Many were angry at the Catholic Church for selling these.
Indulgences
500
The first major scientist to suggest the Earth and planets orbited around the Sun.
Copernicus
500
Also known as the "sun king," this monarch had complete power in France.
King Louis XIV
500
John Locke believed government should protect these, which included life, liberty, and property.
Natural rights