Thursday, January 24, 2013

Unit 2 Diagram

Inspiration Maps diagram: Stuart family begins to rule England for the first time




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Friday, January 18, 2013

Queen Elizabeth I Bio

Queen Elizabeth I

Kingdom: England

Birthday: September 1, 1533

Siblings: Mary I, Edward VI

Relationship Status: Single

Religious Views: Protestant Christian

Personal Information​

I am most known for: Changing England's religion

Three words people would use to describe me would be: wise, proud, educated

My accomplishments include: Widespread literacy, Protestantism, English Navy

A quote I am famous for: "A clear and innocent conscious fears nothing."

Friends: Walter Reliegh, Robert Dudley, First Earl of Leicester

Frenemies: Mary Queen of Scots

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Ruler Bio

Rulers Bio: Elizabeth I

Official name: Queen Elizabeth the First

Kingdom: England

Religion: Protestant Christian

Accomplishment: Established Protestantism

Fun fact: Trivia Fact 10 - She never met her cousin and rival, Mary Queen of Scots, although she was imprisoned in England for many years

 

Rulers Bio: Philip II

Official Name: Philip Augustus

Kingdom: Spain

Religion: Catholic

Accomplishment: Supporter of the Inquisition

Fun fact: also known as Philip the Prudent

 

Rulers Bio: Louis XVI

Official name: Louis-August Duc de Berry,

Kingdom: France

Religion: Roman Catholic

Accomplishment: Became King at 20

Fun fact: Also known as the Sun King

 

Rulers Bio: Louis XVI

Official name: Louis-August Duc de Berry,

Kingdom: Russia

Religion: Russian Orthodox

Accomplishment: had extensive reforms in attempt to establish Russia

Fun fact: married twice and had 11 children

 

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Why the renaissance started in Italy

During the time when therenaissance started to begin, trade began to pick up and become more popular in Italy. Traders brought in money, thus allowing merchants to buy and sell more items. Another catalyst of the renaissance was the invention of the printing press. This allowed writers to print and distrubute information very quickly.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

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Renaissance Men

I. Copernicus

-astronomer

-heliocentric (universe is centered around sun)

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II. Brahe

-astronomer

-his work supported Copernicus

-observed sky every night for many years

III. Kepler

-astronomer

-Brahe's assistant

-planets move in oval-shapes not circles

IV. Galileo

-astronomer

-ideas challenged Christian views about heavens

-locked up & threatens with death unless he withdrew his "heresies"

-built model solar system

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V. Versalius

-structure of human body

VI. Descartes

-Father of modern philosophy

-rational thinking beings



VII. Pascal

-wrist watch

-invented math machines

Mathematician

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VIII. Newton

-scientist

-discovered gravity

-partially invented calculus

-created many scientific laws

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IX. Shakespeare

-created new words

-playwrighter

-poetic writer

X. Dante

-wrote in vernacular

-wrote Divine Comedy

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XI. Erasmus

-one of the most important scholars of his age

-produced new Greek edition of Christian Bible

-humanist

XII. More

-humanist

-came up with the Ideal Society (men and women live in peace and harmony)

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XIII. Gutenberg

Printed the complete edition of the Christian Bible using printing press.

 

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