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Prince Henry would eventually grow up to start the school of navigation. Sailors and navigators would come into this school, looking and eventually find their way to India by going around Africa.
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Opened up the Grand Canal of China, allowing goods to be traded throughout the Ming Empire much easier.
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This was the start of the showing of the power of the Ming Dynasty at the time. It also allowed the chinese to go and taking over in a way different ports throughout the eastern world.
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When the statute was created, it created a symbol of strength for the city of Florence.
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With the creation of the printing press, even though it could not create a single page faster, it could create copies of that same page faster when it came to making books. As more books were being made, many people were able to get these books, helping more people the chance to learn how to read.
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It marked the end of Feudalism, and created a new sense of Nationalism. Both people from France and England, now do not fight for their kings, but for their countries.
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When Constantinople fell to the Turks, it marked the end of the Roman Empire.
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Reaching the Cape of Good Hope gave sailors a positive aspect on reaching India. They now know that you can get around Africa.
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Ending the war with the Muslims finally gave Ferdinand and Isabella the money needed to support Christopher Columbus on his voyages to 'India', which he will find that he actually lands in the Americas.
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Christopher Columbus at first though that he had finally spotted land in India, but instead, right before his crew took over and threw him out, he spotted land in a 'New World', which will later begin exporation for many other explorers.
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Stop the fighting over the lands in the New World, it allowed Portugal to claim land in South America, having a cultural impact on that area from then until now because almost all South American countries speak Spanish, but Brazil still mainly speaks Portuguese.
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Landing in India created a sailing route back and forth from there back to England. This took away the middle man from trading, also making it easier to carry more goods from one place to another.
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It was the beginning to the 16 year process of creating one of DaVinci's most famous masterpieces. This painting eventually gains worldwide popularity.
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Created a better representation of the world, even though it wasn't 100% accurate of what the New World looked like, it showed there was a land mass between England and India doing west.
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Michaelangelo faced many challenges with creating this painting, especially having to paint a masterpiece like this one upside down.
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The painting was the showing of the High Renessaince and Philosophy.
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This book shows the importance of a person's skill during his time. It shows people how to use their talents the right way so they can get and/or keep their position in power.
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The 95 Thesis helped people realize different problems within the Catholic Church at that time, such as the selling of indulgences. The document helped begin the Protestant Reformation.
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Lead to the discovery that the Sun was the middle of the universe. Makes it easier to study planetary movement and activity in space today.
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Starts the colonization for Spain, and will later lead to the fall of the Aztec Empire.
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It showed that the slaves did have the power to revolt even if it was in a small way, they were not completely powerless. It also eventually helped lead to the independence of Haiti.
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When Pizarro went to let Atahualpa look at the Bible, hoping he would accept their God, Atahualpa threw the Bible on the ground, upsetting Pizarro, causing him to dominate Atahualpa and his men, taking them over and eventually holding him for ransom and then killing him.
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Ivan ruled by terror. He was very paranoid and killed everybody that he thought was against him, even going to the point of killing his brother.
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He founded the St. Lawrence River, as well as Montreal, or Mt. Royal at the time.
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When King Henry VIII executed Anne Boleyn, it really showed how far he would go to allow himself another shot at having a son with a woman.
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Edward is King Henry VIII's first son, so now he has a successor to the throne.
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The Jesuits would go out and teach people, bringing back a lot of the Protestants to Christianity.
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After much of Englang were getting used to the Protestant religion, Mary I tried to force everyone back to Catholicism, which involved the persecution of many people.
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When the Spanish lost the battle, it took the from being the top power in the world at the time and created a 'race' with the other countries to take over this top spot.
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The persection of people stops for the most part, and Elizabeth focuses on strengthening the Angelican Church.
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Phillip II was a shy but serious ruler and was also very religious. He gained lots of wealth from the empire, and also helped Spain in different wars.
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Not only began trading with India, but also took part in colonizing the sub-continent.
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Began European trade with the East and the British. They started to see the value of trade with those in the east.
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When this book was writting and published, it was considered to be the birth of the modern European novel.
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His crew took over, still believing to find a passage through North America to India, they continued looking and hoping to make it through without Henry, who had already made so many important discoveries.
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During Shakespeare's life, he become one of the best play writers of all time. Even after his death, all of his plays continued to grow in popularity, still being famous today.
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This war ended up weakening Spain, Austria, and the Holy Roman Empire, but it caused France to become stronger. All of the states now called eachother equal.
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Cardinal Richelieu was a focused and ruthless leader. He wanted to make France very powerful, focusing mostly on making the government more powerful, by taking many different steps. Some of these steps included making the Huguenots vunerable, making the nobles weak, and finally by fighting the Hapsburgs.
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Charles always needed money, and when Parliament refused to give him funds, he would dissolve it. Eventually, Charles would sign the Petition of Right, setting the idea that the law was higher than the king.
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When solving problems with different technologies or other things, even the smartest of scientists use the scientific method to go about figuring different things out.
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Finally taking over at the age of 23, Louis XIV would become the most powerful king that France has ever had, but because he was known for spending France's wealth on himself, and because he repressed many people, the French citizens celebrated when he died in 1715.
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Cromwell would try to create a republican form of government, but it would eventually turn into a military dictatorship.
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Britain's land claims were now connected to each other, allowing easier trade and communication between all colonies.
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Claiming the Mississippi River, gives you all the land that touches it. When La Salle claimed it, he ended up claiming almost half of the now 'United States'.
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Created a question that is still controversal with many different religions, which is questioning whether or not God was/is necessary as an active force within the universe.
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The Glorious Revolution came from the overthrowing of James II. From this, a constitutional monarchy would be created, which would allow Parliament to later draft a Bill of Rights, which are a basis for lots of things involving the US government today.
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After becoming the sole czar, Peter worked to reform Russia, and to do this, he had to get it away from the feudalistic system, followed by creating the goal of westernization. In order to get an idea of what the west is doing, he went on this Great Embassy, which was tough being 6' 4" tall.
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This was a very costly war, but would end up coming to the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht, which allowed Phillip to have control of Spain as long as it stays separate from France.
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Finally gave Russia a western seaport to trade with Western Europe.
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Because he was exiled, Voltaire became a firm believer in freedom of thought and expression. With of the impact of his thoughts, those ideas were put into our current Bill of Rights.
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Frederick II thought he could easily take over Austria because Maria Theresa, a girl, was in power. Maria Theresa would actually go into the battlefield. She would eventually lose Silesia at the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
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Frederick pushed to enlighten his people and to reform Prussia. He is an example, especially to leaders in America today to work to make their country better, throughout a lot of the country's struggles.
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Outside of the United States, almost all of the world uses this scale to measure temperature.
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This separation of power is used within the governement/judicial system in today's times. This system doesn't let one specific group or branch gain too much power.
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Forced Britain to put a lot of money into this war to keep the Ohio River Valley and the fur trade. This war put Britain into huge debt.
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Mary would grow up to be one of the first women ever to fight for the rights that women should have, giving women later in history courage to get the same freedoms that the men today have. Women now can do absolutely everything that each and every other person can do in America.
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With the end of this war, France lost its colonies in North America, and Britain gained sole economic domination of India.
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This allowed fairness with the punishments given to people. Doesn't allow someone to be punished severely for something small, but also keeps the punishment for those who did something terrible at the level that it should be.
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The Encyclopedia helped spread Enlightment ideas to people throughout Europe. These ideas included things about government which America uses today and also many ideas on different technologies which we use today. It also helped spread confidence in a future, allowing people to venture, creating a better place
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This event describes how Americans are today, it showed that people then weren't afraid to speak out for what they felt was right, and the same goes for people today. People want freedom, whether it be politically, religiously, etc., and they aren't afraid to go to great lengths to get it or at least let their voices be heard.
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When these groups exchanged fire, it was the start of the Revolutionary War, which would lead to America gaining its freedom, which we still have today.
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The signing of this document gave freedom to America, allowing it to become its own country. We still have this freedom today.
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Gave an example for today's world, showing that everyone should get paid for their work all the work that they do.
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The Constitution was and still is today the basis to our government. Everything that happens today within the government system is centralized around this document.
