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enlightenment, renaissance, scientific revolution people
important people of the enlightenment, renaissance, revolution- basic ideas
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8th Grade
06/11/2012

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Thomas Hobbes
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thought all humans were naturally cruel and selfish
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John Locke
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believed in protecting natural rights
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Beccaria
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gave right to fast trial and prohibited cruel punishment
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Montesquieu
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wanted to divide government into three branches
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Isaac Newton
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thought of idea that gravity and inertia keep planets in orbit
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Voltaire
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valued freedoms of thought, speech, expression. thought religious conflict was the main source of evil
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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said that the Earth and other planets go around the sun
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Galileo Galilei
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built first telescope for astronomy, noticed Jupiter's moons revolve
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Leonardo da Vinci
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made nature sketches, models for flying machines, sketches of the human body
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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wrote guide, The Prince, for rulers on using whatever means possible to get power
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Elizabeth I
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ruled the "Golden Age" in England, supported theater, fashion, literature, and education
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William Shakespeare
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could express thoughts and feelings in his plays
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Miguel Cervantes
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wrote the Spanish book "Don Quixote", which makes fun of Spanish society
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