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Top 13 Important Thinkers in The Scientific Revolution

13. Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564)

  • Spent years dissecting corpses and drawing detailed illustrations of the human body
  • Contributed a lot to the study of human…

16 Key Stages in the French Revolution

1. Assembly of Notables (1787)

  • Why’d it happen?
  • France is broke because of all its wars, so Louis XVI’s finance minister calls nobles to try to get them support a new tax plan

10 Acts Leading to The American Revolution

1. Navigation Acts (1660–1663)

  • What they did: supported British mercantilism by requiring all American trade to go through English ports, on English ships, and to be for the benefit of Britain rather than the…

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