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What type of economy existed in central and Eastern Europe?

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Few cities/ lots of serfs - nothing overseas= AGRARIAN

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What was the political scene like in east and Central Europe as a result of the constant warfare in the region?

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Authorities were weakAfter 17th century warfare, shifting loyalties= DISUNITY

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What were the three monarchies that dominated east and Central Europe until the end of the Great War?

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a) Austrian Habsburgsb) Prussian Hohenzollernsc) Russian Romanovs

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What prevented the nobles of Poland from electing one of their own as monarch?

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Deep distrust and divisions

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What was the Sejm?

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A dietA central legislative body

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What practice among the legislative body of Poland became a major stumbling block to the success of its government?

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The Requirement of UnanimityLiberum veto= one single member could disband the Sejm

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What was the ultimate effect that this practice had upon Poland’s position within Europe?

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(Practice= requirement of unanimity)The disappearance of Poland from the map in the late 18th century

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How was the close of the Thirty Years’ War a critical turning point for the Austrian Habsburgs?

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They were allied we Spain before, but they can’t make the HRE totally catholic, so Spain declined, and the Austrian Habsburgs were on their own

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What was accomplished in the Treaty of Rastatt?

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(1714)The Habsburgs further extend their domains- the Netherlands, and Lombardy in Northern ItalyThe Habsburgs’ power lay in territories outside Germany

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What did the Habsburgs rely on in order to maintain rule in their many territories?

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The cooperation of the local nobility

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Why was it so difficult to politically unite the many territories of the Habsburgs’ empire?

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They were geographically diverse with different languages, customs, and religions

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What saved the Habsburg capital of Vienna from falling into the hands of the ottomans in 1683?

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Leopold I resisted ottoman advances

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List 3 major accomplishments that occurred under Leopold I’s reign

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1683- resisted advances of the Ottoman Empire Thwarted aggression of Louis XIV1699- achieved ottoman recognition of his sovereignty over Hungary 1699- extended territories to the Balkan Peninsula and West Romania

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How did the territorial conquests of the Habsburgs into the Balkans and western Romania help them?

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  • strength in the east gave them political leverage in Germany- hope to develop Mediterranean trade through port of Trieste on the northern coast of the Adriatic Sea- compensated losses of power in the HRE
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What problem was contributed to the territorial diversity with the Austrian Habsburg dynasty when Charles VI took over?

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He had no male heir

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What did Charles VI do to prevent Austrian Habsburg lands from falling to its surrounding powers?

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He sought approval of his family, the estates of his realms, and foreign powers for the document:PRAGMATIC SANCTION

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What did the Pragmatic Sanction provide for?

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The legal basis for a single line of inheritance within the Habsburg dynasty through (HREmperor) Charles VI’s daughter Maria Theresa

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What did Charles VI fail to do which left Maria Theresa’s inheritance vulnerable to foreign attack?

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No strong army/ not a full treasury

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When and why did the rise of Prussia occur?

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German power vacuumThe peace of Westphalia (1648)

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What ruling family ruled Prussia?

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Hohenzollern

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Facts about the 16-17th century Netherlands

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7 provinces

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Emergence of the Netherlands as a nation

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1572 when they revolted against Spain

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Religious characteristics of the Netherlands

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Calvinism official religion They were very tolerant

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Contemporary impressions of dutch society

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WealthyDutch East Indies company

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Governmental system of the Netherlands

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States general met in The Hague StadtholdersDisunityHolland most powerful

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Reasons for Dutch economic prosperity and decline

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Agriculture/ trade, financeThen there wasn’t a stadtholder, and there was disunityURBANISMBANKS, SHIPBUILDING

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William III of Orange

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Chief executive/ stadtholder of Holland Against FranceRuled with Mary II of England

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Two most important models of European political organization

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Parliamentary monarchy (England)Political absolutism (France)

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Characteristics of absolute rule

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Divine right to ruleAvoid dealing with national political institutions that limit authoritySTRONG FINANCIAL BASE INDEPENDENT OF NOBLES, CLERGY

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Characteristics and facts about James I, his rule and relationship with parliament

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KJV OF THE BIBLE (king James version) Son of Mary StuartAbsolutist Levied IMPOSITIONS taxDuke of Buckingham was his gay lover, who sold titles Made peace with SpainHesitated to help HRE Protestants

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Reasons for suspicion of James I foreign policy

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Pro-catholic religious sentiments Penal laws and anti-catholic laws were relaxedHe starts taking England back to Catholicism

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Charles I’s extra-parliamentary measures

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Levied new taxes without parliaments consent Collected discontinued taxesQuartered troops in private homesKept revenue in their court

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The petition of right

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1628 Charles I was Forced to summon parliamentNeeded moneyParliament didn’t want to help him unless he signed the petition of right

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Consequences of the religious policies of Charles I

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Tried to enforce religious conformityHe’s technically Protestant, but not really William laud tried to get scots to conform, but they rebelled. Bishops war 1639. England is now fighting Ireland and Scotland Eventually he calls parliament back into session

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Facts about the long parliament

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1640-1660Long Parliament members were merchants, landowners who were upset by religious policy. Stafford and laud executed. triennial act - they couldn’t dissolve without their own consent

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Facts about the English Civil War

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1642-1646Cavaliers vs. Roundheads (Royal vs. Parliamentary)Gentlemen’s Warfare Oliver Cromwell led the roundheads and he was offensive and defensive like gustavus Adolphus = new model army

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Prides purge

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1648Cromwell purged the people sympathetic to CharlesEnd of absolutism in EnglandThe people in the parliament after this were known as the rump parliament.

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Oliver Cromwell

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Regicide- killed Charles, the hereditary monarch Abolishes the House of Lords and the church of England, makes Puritan republic known as republic of the Commonwealth, run by the parliamentThe Lord protector or the military leader until 1658. He was like the bad guys in braveheart. Puritanical tooLIFE IN ENGLAND SUCKED UNDER HIM

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State of England after Cromwell and what they wanted to restore

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It sucked Status quo of 1642The monarchy

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Facts about the Treaty of Dover

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1670Economic alliance with France vs. the NetherlandsWas a warning flag to protestantsCharles II secretly pledged to Louis the 14th that he would publicly convert to Catholicism when the time was right

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The test act

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It was the reaction of the Parliament to the declaration of indulgence in 1672, which suspended anti-Catholic laws from cleritan codeIt: required any civil/ military personnel to swear an oath against Transubstantiation

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The popish plot

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High lightened catholic hysteriaFabricated by Titus Oates, who said Charles II’s wife w/ Jesuits to kill him so catholic brother could take over

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Declaration of indulgence of 1687

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Suspended the test act By James II who is catholic7 bishops refused to support it

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Facts about the glorious Revolution

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November 1688Mary and William III of orange take over England, and they signed the English Bill of Rights which restricted the monarchs power, enforced the triennial act and stated Roman Catholics can never be a monarch of EnglandDEPOSED JAMES II

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The act of settlement of 1701

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The English crown was to go to the Protestant ( German ) house of Hanover

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Act of Union in 1707

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England Scotland Wales are all the United KingdomAnd Stuart, the last Stuart monarch, was the first monarch of the United Kingdom

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Facts about Robert Walpole

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As the first prime minister, everyone liked him. He achieved peace abroad and stability at home. Also : expanded international trade, I need to superior navy, established civil liberties, did not have a standing army, it was more of religiously tolerant, and MADE ENGLAND A MODEL FLAGSHIP OF GOVERNMENT

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Fact about Cardinal Armand richelieu

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He was the Regent to Louis xiii of FranceDid to nobles what that coach did to that kids dadTrained Mazarin

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Louis xiv’s relationship with French nobility

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Friends close enemies closerHis absolutism was subtle, he formed councils and chose leaders from the lesser nobles. He made parlements , and the parlement of Paris. He made the councils pass his laws before his they could read them.MADAME DE MONTENON INFLUENCED HIM

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Versailles

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Symbol of absolutismThe chateau The largest political building in all of Europe the symbol of absolutismconsumed half of the Royal revenueMost over 10,000 people

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Religious policies of Louis the 14th

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Believed political stability= religious conformityTried to stamp out Protestants He betrayed Gallican libertiesHe attacked Jansenists- who were radical Catholics

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Symbolism of Louis XIV

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Sun kingLetat cest moi

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Religious acts of Louis the 14th

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Anti- Jansenist Revocation of the edict of Nantes Religious conformity

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Characteristics of Jansenists

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Catholic Calvinists, basically Predestination, original sinVery against Jesuits who dominated royal authorityFought in the Fronde Against monarchy, and strict morality, like puritans

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Results of the revocation of the edict of Nantes / edict of Fontaine bleu

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Closed Huguenot schools and churchesExiled or indentured preachers that would not convertProtestant children were forced to be baptized into the Catholic ChurchIt was bad for France’s economy because the smart Protestants emigratedFrance was now viewed as a Catholic fanatical country.It was also a symbol of the Protestant repression

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Finance Minister of Louis the 14th

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Jean-baptiste Colbert Mercantile trading, largest standing army

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Wars fought during the reign of Louis the 14th

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The war of devolution, The Franco-Dutch war, nine years war, the war of Spanish succession

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Facts about the war of Spanish succession

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Sought to unite kingdomsThe king of Spain died without an heirFrance wants to unite with Spain, and the other countries are like, no way! Grand alliance (England, holland, HRE) vs. France(+Spain)Ends w/ treaty of Utrecht, then Rastatt

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France after the reign of Louis XIV

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Bankrupt, but the rest of Europe is tooResources depleted by Versailles and warsLouis Xv ruledNobles Cardinal Fleury- chief minister = glue

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Economic beliefs of John law

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Print more money to give to the people, so they spend it, and our economy goes up. Give the royal bank gold, and they’ll give you paper money, which you can invest in the Mississippi company

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Aftermath of the reign of Ivan IV in Russia

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Time of troublesSo the Russian nobles chose a new czar, Michael Romanov

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Power of Boyers during the reign of Peter the Great

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They had to shave their beards, or pay Peter a tax. Peter also made them live in St. Petersburg. The table of ranks, along with the administrative colleges checked their power.

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Facts about the great Northern war

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Was from 1700 to 1721. Between Sweden and Russia, Peter the Great ultimately was able to beat them at the battle of Poltava in 1709. Russia won the war and then controlled Baltic states of Estonia Levonia and parts of Finland, with the peace of Nystad

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Significance of St. Petersburg

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It was like Versailles. it was the seat of government and the Boyars lived there.

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Reforms of Peter the Great and their purpose

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Purpose: to place the boyars and the Russian Orthodox Church under Peter’s thumb. Table of ranks, holy synod, administrative colleges

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Characteristics of the legacy of Peter the Great

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He: expanded Russian territory to the east and the west, created a mighty modern army, gained a warm water port, Built in magnificent city as the window to the west, built a magnificent city as a window to the west, successfully wrested power away from the Nobles and military elite,AND HE MADE RUSSIA RELEVANT, but he did not have a successor, so the boyars and the Streltsy had power again. He laid the groundwork for a modern state, but not a stable one.

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Galileo and his views on how nature should be understood and explained

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Mathematical laws

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17th century scientists

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Nicolaus CopernicusTycho Brahe Johannes KeplerGalileo Galilei Isaac Newton

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Characteristics/ descriptions of the scientific revolution

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Was very slow, very widespread, not organized, informal, had very few people involved

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Ptolemaic view of the universe

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Geocentrism, or that the Earth didn’t move at all and was at the center of the universe

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Copernican view of the universe

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Heliocentrism, or the Earth moves on an axis and has an orbit, and the sun is the center of the universe

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Tychonic view of the universe

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Geoheliocentrism, or everything revolved around earth except mercury and Venus revolved around the sun.

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Facts and characteristics of the traditional view of the universe prior to the scientific revolution

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Ptolemaic systemReligious, not really scientific

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Nicolaus Copernicus’s contributions to scientific revolution

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Naked eye observations1543 on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres, theory of Heliocentrism

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Tycho Brahe’s contribution to the scientific revolution

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Astronomical data

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Johannes Kepler’s contribution to scientific revolution

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1609 wrote The new astronomy, detailing elliptical orbits

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Isaac Newton’s contribution to the scientific revolution

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1687 wrote Principia Mathematica. Was an English philosopher. Universal gravitation, laws of motion, empiricism( observation before hypothesis)

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Galileo’s literary works

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Starry messenger in 1610, letters on sunspots in 1613Then dialogue on the two chief world systems

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Galileo’s views of the universe

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It’s governed by mathematical lies, the sun is in the center and the sun is rotating as well

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Galileo’s contribution to the scientific revolution

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He improved the telescopeAnd wrote starry messenger, and letters on sunspots

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Mechanism and what natural philosophers believed it achieved

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It explained the world in mechanical metaphorsIt changed from symbolic to a rational purpose

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Facts about Francis Bacon and his contributions to scientific inquiry

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Father of empiricism- inductive reasoning Scientific method, His discovery was discoveryPublished Novum Organum, or new organThere are two types of philosophers, men of experiments and men of dogmas

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Beliefs on knowledge according to Francis Bacon

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Any new knowledge should be useful and make people’s lives better

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Cartesian dualism

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Everything is one of two categories: thinking things (things of the mind-no one can really explain it with material) or things that occupy space(as of the body/extension/material-which natural philosophy can explain).

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Descartes view

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Wrote discourse on method in 1637He believed in math educationAnd deductive reasoning - I think, therefore I am

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What did Thomas Hobbes write?

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Leviathan, supporting absolute monarchySaying Tyranny is better than anarchy

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Thomas hobbes’s social contract

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People give up absolutely all of their rights+ king gives them protection

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Thomas hobbes’s view on humanity

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Very blackWe are selfish, we cause chaos and war

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John locke’s literary works

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The two treatises of government Letter concerning tolerationEssay concerning human understanding

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John Locke’s social contract

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No patriarchal govt, (like a family)People have natural rights- Life, liberty, propertyIf they don’t have those rights, then they have the right to rebel

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John Locke’s view on the role of government

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To manage or control the improvement because of competition

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Tabula rasa

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Blank slate We are who we are because of our environmentEncouraged behaviorism

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Role of women during the scientific revolution

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Through their husbands, mostlyMargaret cavendish and Maria Winkelmann were exceptionsEXCLUDED FROM UNIVERSITIES, CONVENTS, NATURAL PHILOSOPHY

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Poland

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Elective monarchyNobles elected foreignersDidn’t trust own countrymenLegislative body = Sejm Most nobles were wealthyNot centralized at all

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Dynasties of central and Eastern Europe

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Russia, Austria, Prussia Romanov , habsburgs, hohenzollerns

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Charles I’s advisors

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Earl of StaffordWilliam LaudBoth impeached by long parliament

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Reign of Louis XIV

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72 years

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Pascal’s famous wager

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Take leap of faith just in case

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Pascal’s book

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Pensées1. There is god, and we don’t deserve him2. Refuted: dogmatists, skeptics, and atheists

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Physic- theology

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Deducting religious thought from natureBacon

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Reason for end of witch hunts

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People were tired of chaosNew science was rational

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Emergence of baroque art

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In RomeCounter reformation

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Characteristics of baroque art

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Depicted themes naturally, like Renaissance

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Baroque artists

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Peter Paul Rubens Lorenze Berannini

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Baroque monument

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Palace of Versailles

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