People Flashcards

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Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Most famous American Banker - Dutch

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2
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John Adams

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Sought Dutch loans for American Revolution

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3
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Vincent Van Gogh

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Starry Night - not too happy person

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4
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Baruch Spinoza

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Natural philosopher - advocated nationalism in Jewish religions; doctrine at time - adopted Christian theologians after

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5
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Robert Turgot

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Tried to revise nobility

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6
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Robert Gulliotine

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Created Gulliotine

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7
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Louis XIV (Sun king); King Louis XV and King Lous XVI & Queen Marie Antoinette

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Absolute power people

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8
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Marie Antoinette

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Youngest daughter of Maria Teresa - born in Austria

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9
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John Locke

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Life, Liberty, Property

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10
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Maximilien Robespierre

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Wanted change - lead Jacobins

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11
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Napoleon

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Rising military leader; liberal - wanted revolutions and change; needed 4 powers to stop him

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12
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Czar Alexander I

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Czar of Russia

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13
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Frederick William III

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Prussia

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14
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Lord Castlereagh

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England

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15
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Charles Talleyrand

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France; survived a lot

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16
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Prince Mettermich

17
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Ludwig van Beethoven

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Eroica - Austrian Premier Composer

18
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Richard Wagner

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German music and pride - as a person he was not good but as a musician he was great

19
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Giuseppe Verdi

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Coincides with Italian Risorgimento - Italian Nationalism Music

20
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Jean Sibelus

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Finlandia - most Patriotic European music

21
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Peter Paul Rubens

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Flemish artist and diplomat - the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition; mythological subjects