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AP Euro Important People
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History
Undergraduate 1
05/13/2014

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Joan of Arc
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Heroine of 100 Years War. Championed France's Charles VII, put back on throne.
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Michaelangelo
Definition
Produced The David. Super life-like anatomy.
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Raphael
Definition
Marriage of the Virgin! Signed name write in the center, used linear perspective.
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Botticelli
Definition
Birth of Venus.
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Machiavelli
Definition
The Prince.
The ends justify the means.
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Martin Luther
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Founded Protestantism. 95 Theses. Only wanted reform.
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Henry VIII
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Founded Anglican Church because he wants the booty in 1534.
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Mary I
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Daughter of Henry VIII's first marriage. Ruled after his death. Called "Bloody Mary" because she killed a bunch of Protestants.
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Elizabeth I
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Ruled after Mary I, her half-sister. Super smart. Virgin Queen. Executed Mary, Queen of Scots. Spanish Armada conquered under her.
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Phillip II
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Son of Charles V. Really wants the Netherlands to not be Calvinist.
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William of Orange
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Led Netherlands to independence, assassinated. Brought in help from the UK.
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Catherine de Medici
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Sneaky Medici married to Henry II of France. Plots the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. Lots of Protestants die.
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Henry the Navigator
Definition
Portuguese, School of Navigation, Astrolabe.
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Bartholomew Dias
Definition
Makes to Cape of Good Hope.
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Vasco da Gama
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Makes to India.
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Cromwell
Definition
Super Protestant, die Catholics die. Also became a dictator when he ruled.
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James II
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Catholic ruler of England. Old, dying, wife produces heir and people freak the hell out. Glorious Revolution!
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Louis XIV
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Sun King, fabulous. Controls nobles.
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Abbe Sieyes
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Wrote about the inequality of the Third Estate having 98% of France's population.
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Louis Phillippe
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Bourgeouise King. Only cared about uppper-middles class. Kicked out by 1848 Revolution.
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Adam Smith
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Guys, laissez-faire. It'll all balance itself out, chill.
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Alexis de Tocqueville
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Democracy is dangerous because minorities can be oppressed by majorities.
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Jeremy Bentham
Definition
Utilitarianism is a thing.
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Robert Owen
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Tried to make Utopia in Indiana, failed.
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William I
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Prussian King, wants to unify Germany. His cohort= Bismarck.
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Otto van Bismarck
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Unified Germany through political meneuvering. Tricks both Austria and France into going to war with him, wins both, boom. Creator of the 40-hour work week!
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Guiseppe Mazzini
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Figurehead of those wanting to unify Italy.
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Garibaldi
Definition
Helps unify Italy, then hands over to Victor Emmanuel and Cavour.
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