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Warm Up 4/24/2013

Warm Up 4/24/2013. Who was Oliver Cromwell? Why was King Charles I of England disliked by many of his subjects? What was the ultimate result of the English Civil Wars?. Key Figures of the Enlightenment. The people who changed the way we see the world. Johann Sebastian Bach. German

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Warm Up 4/24/2013

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  1. Warm Up 4/24/2013 • Who was Oliver Cromwell? • Why was King Charles I of England disliked by many of his subjects? • What was the ultimate result of the English Civil Wars?

  2. Key Figures of the Enlightenment The people who changed the way we see the world

  3. Johann Sebastian Bach • German • 3/31/1685 – 7/28/1750 • One of the greatest composers of the Baroque period • His music was an inspiration to many of the Enlightenment thinkers

  4. Benjamin Franklin • American • 1/17/1706 – 4/17/1790 • Noted politician, inventor and author • He was a major figure in the founding of the United States • Became a pre-eminent abolitionist

  5. Carl Linnaeus • Swedish • 5/23/1707 – 1/10/1778 • Father of modern taxonomy • One of the fathers of modern ecology • Botanist, physician and zoologist

  6. Catherine the Great • Empress of Russia • 5/2/1729 – 11/17/1796 • Enlightened Despot • Longest ruling female leader of Russia • Modernized Russia along western lines • Expanded Russia to the Black Sea in the south and Alaska in the east

  7. David Hume • Scottish • 5/7/1711 – 8/25/1776 • He believed that desire rather than reason governed human behavior • Humans only have knowledge of things they directly experience

  8. Frederick the Great • King of Prussia • 1/24/1712 – 8/17/1786 • Enlightened Despot • Modernized Prussia along western lines • Promoted religious freedom • Patronized the arts and philosophy

  9. Immanuel Kant • German • 4/22/1724 – 2/12/1804 • The central figure of modern philosophy • Reason is the source of morality • We all shape our experience through the filters of our own minds

  10. Joseph II • Holy Roman Emperor • 3/13/1741 – 2/20/1790 • Enlightened Despot • Committed to modernizing reforms led to significant opposition and ultimate failure

  11. Mary Wollstonecraft • English • 4/27/1759 – 9/10/1797 • Writer, Philosopher and advocate of Women’s Rights • Argued for a better education for females • Sought equal rights for women

  12. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • German • 1/27/1756 – 12/5/1791 • Influential composer of the classical era • Inspired many of the enlightenment thinkers • Wrote over 600 pieces of music

  13. Thomas Hobbes • English • 4/5/1588 – 12/4/1679 • Author of Leviathan • Champion of absolutism for the sovereign • Responsible for the social contract theory • Humans are beings of matter and motion

  14. Thomas Jefferson • American • 4/13/1743 – 7/4/1826 • Principal author of the Declaration of Independence • Separation of Church and State • Individual liberty

  15. Thomas Paine • American • 1/29/1737 – 6/8/1809 • Author of the pamphlet Common Sense • Inspired the colonies to declare independence from Britain • Advocated Deisim

  16. Voltaire • French • 11/21/1694 – 5/30/1778 • Satirist • Advocate of religious freedom, freedom of expression and separation of church and state

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