mystery of history 3 semester 2 Flashcards
(50 cards)
The works of William Shakespeare
1592
Sir Isaac Newton
1666
The Pilgrims land at New Plymouth
1620
Peter I: Czar of Russia
1696
Louis XIV: The Sun King
1661
William the Silent Leads the Dutch Revolt
1581
The founding of Jamestown
1607
The first to accurately observe a supernova
Tycho Brahe
First to circle the globe, named a harbor Nuevo Albion on the coast of California
Sir Francis Drake
Phillip II hired the duke of Alba to
set up the Council of Troubles, to flush out the enemies of the Roman Catholic Church
Introduced potatoes and tobacco from the new world to the Old World
Sir Walter Raleigh
How many Spanish survived when the English defeated the Spanish fleet in the Spanish Armada?
10,000
Michel de Montaigne wrote what? and had a reputation for following what philosophical movement?
He wrote Essays
He was a skeptic
Where did William Shakespeare grow up?
Near London in the village of Stratford-upon-Avon
What religion was made illegal in Japan by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1612?
Christianity
The Age of Reason was brought in by
Francis Bacon when he pushed out Renaissance ideas
Don Quixote is a story about an old knight who wrote it, and from where?
Miguel de Cervantes, he was in jail
Who confirmed to the Europeans that Australia, the land down under existed?
Willem Janszoon
What sea captain helped the settlers of Jamestown survive by forcing English gentlemen to work for food?
John Smith
What Canadian explorer is called the Father of New France?
Samuel de Champlain
Who was the separatist preacher who moved his church to Holland?
John Smyth
Who was the Indian woman who married John Rolfe and traveled to England and died at 21 or 22
Motoaka also called Pocahontas
what Roman Catholic cardinal supported the Protestants in the Thirty Years’ war with the purpose of undermining the Hapsburg family
Richelieu
What ship were the Pilgrims forced to abandon when they crowded onto the Mayflower for the trip to the New World?
The Speedwell
