Garrett Eugair AP European History Chapter 14: New Directions in Thought and Culture in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Notes Nicolaus Copernicus Rejects an Earth-Centered Universe Biographical information Polish priest and scientist educated at the University of Krakow wrote On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres in 1543 Commissioned to find astronomical justification so that the papacy could change the calendar so that it could correctly calculate the date of Easter‚ Copernicus’s
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Taylor Gomes 1° AP Euro 1) Niccolo Machiavelli: Italian politician‚ historian‚ and writer. Wrote The Prince‚ a book on how to control nations with fear 2) Johannes Gutenburg: German inventor of the printing press 3) Donatello: Early Italian renaissance painter and sculptor‚ best known for his sculpture "David" 4) Fillippo Brunelleschi: Italian architect and engineer‚ designer of the dome of the Cathedral of Florence‚ or la Duomo 5) Henry VII of England: King of England from August 22‚ 1485 to
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Pilgrimage of Grace was a protest whereas the marchers opposed the doings and new governmental policies of Thomas Cromwell. Thomas Cromwell‚ after the Act of Supremacy imposed by the head of the Anglican Church‚ Henry Viii‚ was put in charge. His rule resulted in a series of new laws including taxes‚ they expansion of royal power in England‚ the dissolution of the monasteries‚ and the confiscation of Catholic Church lands. The marchers that were in the Pilgrimage of Grace were peasants‚ according
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Chapter 19 Outline Questions 1. How did the open field system work? Why was much of the land left uncultivated while the people sometimes starved? System that divided land to be cultivated by peasants of a village into several large fields‚ which were in turn cut up into narrow strips‚ individual or peasant family held scattered strips‚ farmed each field as a community. Common lands were set aside for herd and natural pasture. Eastern European peasants worked some days without pay. 2. What
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DBQ #6 Analyze the pressures on Great Britain’s Liberal government during the Sudan crisis (1884-1885)‚ and explain why the government acted as it did. During the Sudan crisis in 1884-1885‚ Great Britain’s Liberal government was under much pressure. Much of government action was led by Prime Minister William Gladstone. The Sudan crisis was when a Sudanese Muslim religious leader‚ Mahdi‚ rebelled against the Egyptian rule and foreign (British) control. This threatened the British citizens inhabiting
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Chapter 22: The Revolution in Energy and Industry I. The Industrial Revolution in Britain A. Eighteenth-Century Origins 1. Social and economic factors influenced England’s takeoff. a. Colonial markets for manufactured goods contributed. b. The canal network constructed in Britain after 1770 contributed. c. Productive English agriculture meant capital available for investment and spending money for ordinary people to purchase industrial goods. 2. A stable government and an effective central bank also
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During the late fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries‚ thousands of individuals were persecuted as witches. It was thought that these individuals practiced black magic and performed evil deeds‚ the deeds of the devil. This all happened during a time of great change in Europe‚ during the time of the Protestant Reformation‚ the Catholic Reformation‚ the Scientific Revolution‚ and the consolidation of national governments. They were persecuted for a variety of reasons‚ but three major ones were
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Chapter 16 SECTION ONE: -Who were three major Greek scientists that inspired 16th century Europeans? What/ fields were great scientific advancements made that these scientists represented? Aristotle in physics‚ Ptolemy in astronomy‚ and Galen in medicine. -Why did European scientists have to make adjustment to ancient theories? Scientists did not want to abandon theories. Rather‚ they adjusted them. They were forced to do this because they began to notice things that contradicted ancient theories
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Chapter 13: European society in the age of the Renaissance I. The Evolution of the Renaissance A. The Renaissance was a period of enhancement in all aspects of life 1. Economic growth laid the material basis for the renaissance a.1050-1300 witnessed commercial and financial development b. Venice became wealthy from overseas trade c. Genoa and Venice ships sailed all year long B. Communes and Republics 1. Northern Italian cities were communes 2. Milan
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The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain during the late 18th Century due to it’s indefinite source of coal and iron resources and geographic location. This change from a domestic to a factory system had positive but also negative effects on Great Britain. The Industrial Revolution had an overall positive economic impact because of the advancements in the production and transport of goods. The advancements in the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution led to positive economic
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