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European Personalities from the Renaissance to World War II
common Renaissance and WWII people definition and then the person
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10th Grade
03/13/2011

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Renaissance painter, sculptor, inventor, and architect. He was considered a Renaissance man.
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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Wrote The Prince, a handbook for rulers. His famous saying is "The ends justify the means" which means that as long as you get what you want in the end, its all good.
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Wrote songs. He was Italian.
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Petrarch
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Wrote Don Quixote. He was Spanish.
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Miguel De Cervantes
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Wrote great poems and plays. He was ENglish.
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William Shakespare
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Developed the printing press with movable type.
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Johann Gutenberg
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Painted the celing at the Sistine Chapel. Used perspective painting, which was unique at the time.
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Michelangelo
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Opened the way for Spanish colonization of the Americas in 1492.
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Christopher Colombus
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Opposed the selling of indulgences. Led to the Protestant Reformation.
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Martin Luther
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Organized a new church emphasizing predestination.
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John Calvin
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Founded the church of England because he wanted to divorce his wife.
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King Henry VIII
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Absoloute monarch of France who called himself the sun king.
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Louis XIV
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French finance minister when treasury was drained.
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Jean Colbert
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Monarchs who signed the English bill of rights.
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King William and Queen Mary
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showed that the earth revolves around the sun.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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showed that the earth revolves around the sun.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Declared that the planets move around the sun and was arrested for saying so.
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Galileo Galilei
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Invented calculus.
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Issac Newton
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Believed in natural rights, life, liberty and property.
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John locke
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Poked fun at France in his pamphlets and books.
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Voltaire
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Argued for the separation of powers in government
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Baron de Montesquieu
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Philosopher who believed all people are born equal.
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Ruled during the French Revolution
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Louis XVI
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Headed the reign of terror during the french revolution
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Maximilien Robespierre
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Proclaimed himself the Emperor of the french
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Napolean Bonaparte
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Described life in industrial towns, was a British writer
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Charles Dickens
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Improved the steam powered engine
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James Watt
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Developed process to improve steel production
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Henry Bessemer
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Introduced the assembly line.
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Henry Ford
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predicted a worldwide revolution against capitalism.
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Karl Marx
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Collaborated with Karl Marx on the Communist Manifesto.
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Friedrich Engels
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Led the fight to unite Germany
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Count Otto Von Bismarck
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Killed in Sarajevo, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand
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Became Fascist dictator of Italy
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Benito Mussolini
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