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History 2-17
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Question | Answer |
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Discovered America | Christopher Columbus |
Portugese explorer that sailed around the tip of Africa | Vasco de Gama |
First person to sail around the world | Ferdinand Magellan |
Thought that the earth orbits the sun | Nicolaus Copernicus |
Planet Eliptical orbits | Johannes Kepler |
Improved the telescope, discovered new planets,observed gravity | Galileo Galiei |
Gravity, Laws of motion, calculus | Isaac Newton |
Believed people are born with right, social contract | John Locke |
Book "Spirit of Laws", separation of powers | Montesquieu |
Disliked the Catholic Church, supported Deism, religion freedom | Voltaire |
Roman Catholism, made people convert or they had to leave. Spent tons of money, lived in a lavish palace | Louis XIV |