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Renaissance

1.         I.            Renaissance
   1. Re-birth
   2. Italian: Rinascimento, “to be reborn:
   3. It is the cultural rebirth in Western Europe
   4. It is very influential movement from the 14^th to 17^th centuries
2.       II.            Authors
   1. a.      Shakespeare
      1.                                                                i.      Wrote Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth.
      2.                                                              ii.      Known as the best writer ever in the English language and some argue the best author of all time
      3.                                                             iii.      England
   2. b.      Miguel de Cervantes
      1.                                                                i.      Wrote Don Quixote
      2.                                                              ii.      Spain
3.     III.            Explorers
   1. a.      Christopher Columbus
      1.                                                                i.      Sailed the Atlantic in 1492 and discovered the West Indies
      2.                                                              ii.      He was funded by Spain even though he wasn’t from Spain
      3.                                                             iii.      Italy
   2. b.      Ponce de Leon
      1.                                                                i.      Spanish Conquistador around the current day Florida
      2.                                                              ii.      Looked for the Fountain of Youth
      3.                                                             iii.      Spain
   3. c.       Magellan
      1.                                                                i.      Portuguese
      2.                                                              ii.      Captaining the first circumnavigation expedition
   4. d.      De Gama
      1.                                                                i.      Explored in the Cape of Good Hope
      2.                                                              ii.      Portuguese
4.     IV.            Artist
   1. a.      Michelangelo
      1.                                                                i.      Artist
      2.                                                              ii.      Painter
      3.                                                             iii.      Italy
      4.                                                            iv.      Statue of David
   2. b.      Da Vinci
      1.                                                                i.      Artist
      2.                                                              ii.      Painter
      3.                                                             iii.      Italy
      4.                                                            iv.      Mona Lisa
5.       V.            Philosopher
   1. a.      Sir Francis Bacon
      1.                                                                i.      English
      2.                                                              ii.      Philosopher
      3.                                                             iii.      The New Atlantis

 

 

1. b.      Sir Isaac Newton
   1.                                                                i.      Philosopher
   2.                                                              ii.      English
   3.                                                             iii.      Known for science revolution
2.     VI.            Mathematics
   1. Galileo Galilei
      1.                                                                i.      Known for improvement to the telescope
      2.                                                              ii.      Italian
   2. Kepler
      1.                                                                i.      Used both science and math to come up with first law of planetary motion
      2.                                                              ii.      German