Who Am I? World History II

I am a Dutch teacher. I wrote in a time when the emphasis of The Renaissance was shifting from humanism to religious themes. I wrote "In Praise of Folly."

Erasmus

I was an English scientist. I was the personal physician to the King of England, despite my controversial views on how the human body functioned. I discovered and documented the circulation of blood in the human body.

William Harvey

I am an Italian sailor, although I sailed for Spain. I was sent to find a new route to India, but I thought the world was smaller than it was, and I did not know there were two continents in my way as I headed west. I am credited with "discovering" the New World and the trade that occurred between the new world and Europe was named after me.

Christopher Columbus

I was Chief Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia. I joined forces with the French to push the Austrian army out of Northern Italy in 1859. I unified Northern Italy.

Count Camillo Cavour

I am a French sailor. I opened up a huge fur trade between the "new world" and France, and set up the trading colonies of Quebec and Montreal. I navigated the St. Lawrence River and am credited with establishing a French presence in the "new world."

Jacques Cartier

I was an Italian scientist. I built my own telescope and studied the heavens. I used my findings to support new ideas about the universe, most notably the heliocentric theory.

Galileo Galilei

I am considered to be one of the greatest Italian patriots. I recruited an army of more than 1,000 soldiers and captured Naples and the island of Sicily. I joined southern Italy

Giuseppe Garibaldi

I confiscated lands that belonged to the Pope and Catholic Church in my country and gave it to my nobles. I dismissed the authority of the Pope in Rome. I was the man who initiated the split between England the Catholic Church, and founded the Church of England (Anglican Church). I broke with the Catholic Church when the Pope would not give me a divorce from my wife, whom I believed could not give me a son and heir.

Henry VII

I am the man who followed Columbus to the new world in 1519. I am a conquistador. I came for gold, and ended up wiping out the Aztec people in what is today Mexico with my guns and the diseases (smallpox) I brought.

Hernando (Hernan) Cortez

I am a member of the Portuguese royal family. My main goals were to find gold for Portugal, as well as to find a way to the rich spice trade of the Indies. My expeditions taught explorers about currents, wind patterns, and climates. I am often called "the Navigator."

Prince Henry (The Navigator)

I founded a group of Catholic missionaries. The organization I founded was dedicated to spreading Catholicism and the conversion of indigenous peoples in newly explored areas of the world (Latin America). The organization I founded was called the Society of Jesus (a.k.a. The Jesuits)

Ignatius of Loyola

I am a scientist, inventor, artist, and humanist. I am considered the ultimate "renaissance man." I painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper

Leonardo da Vinci

I am an English scientist. I validated many new ideas in the scientific and mathematical fields with my work. I formulated the laws of gravity.

Sir Isaac Newton

Candide (Freedom of speech)

Voltaire

I was the fifth President of the United States. I acknowledged the independence of nations in Latin America. I stated that the U.S. would regard as a threat to its own peace and safety any attempt by European powers to impose their system on any independent state in the Western Hemisphere. I issue a doctrine in my name stating these beliefs.

James Monroe

I was a dissenter prior to Martin Luther. I was a religious reformer and teacher at the University of Prague. I was influenced by the works of John Wycliffe and criticized the abuses of the Catholic Church. My attacks against the Church caused me to be excommunicated, declared a heretic, and burned at the state.

Jan Huss

I was a French philosopher. I published The Social Contract in 1762.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I am a German composer. I was known for my moody compositions, which were considered the epitome of the Baroque Era. I wrote many church compositions with religious themes.

Johan Sebastian Bach

My invention led to the bible being translated into numerous languages, including English, French, and German. I invented the printing press.

Johann Gutenberg

I was a brilliant mathematician who used models, observations, and mathematics to test Copernicus's heliocentric theory I am chiefly remembered for discovering the laws of planetary motion.

Johannes Kepler

I set up what I thought to be the ideal Protestant community in Geneva, Switzerland. I believed that faith was revealed by living a righteous life and having a strong work ethic.

John Calvin

I wrote Two Treatises on Government. I believed in the natural rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of property. I believe rulers are expected to preserve these rights.

John Locke

I was a priest and teacher at Oxford University. I attacked the wealth of the Catholic Church and the immorality of some of its clergy. I believed that individuals should be allowed to read and interpret scripture for themselves without church intervention I wanted to replace the authority of the church with that of the Bible. I was a dissenter prior to Martin Luther. Outlaw leader of the Lollards.

John Wycliffe

In 1643 I became the king of France I was a French absolute monarch, claimed divine right, and called myself the "Sun King." I built a grand palace at Versailles as a symbol of my royal power.

Louis XIV (the 14th)

I became king of France in 1774. My rule saw France's debt continue to grow, due mostly to my giving assistance to the United States during the American Revolution. I married Marie-Antoinette to strengthen France's alliance with Austria. I was beheaded during the French Revolution.

Louis XVI

I was greatly influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment and the American and French Revolutions. I am a native resident of South America. I led several revolutions in Spanish colonies, liberating the northern areas of Latin America.

Simon Bolivar

I am an English sailor. I was a "sea dog," challenging Spanish and Portuguese monopolies of sea trade. My plundering of Spanish slave ships and treasure ships greatly upset King Phillip II of Spain. I was the first English sea captain credited with circumnavigating the globe.

Sir Francis Drake

I am a Polish scientist that protested the theories of Ptolemy I argued that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the universe. This became known as the heliocentric, or "sun-centered" theory.

Nicolaus Copernicus

I was a Roundhead leader during the English Civil War. I led a rebellion against the Stuart King Charles I, and had him executed in 1649. My five-year rule of England from 1653 to 1658 is often referred to as the Protectorate.

Oliver Cromwell

I built the Prussian army into a powerful war machine. I provoked the Franco-Prussian war because I wanted to take French land and power I was the master of "realpolitik," which justifies all means to obtain and keep power. I led Prussia in the unification of Germany through war and by appealing to nationalist feelings.

Otto von Bismarck

I became Czar of Russia in 1682 at the age of 10.

Peter the Great

I outlined by political philosophy in 1651 in my book Leviathan.

Thomas Hobbes

I followed Cortez (Cortes) to the New World in 1530. I am a Spanish conquistador who was particularly brutal in the way I treated the Native American peoples in the mountainous area that I conquered. I ended up killing most of the Inca Peoples in what is today Peru.

Francisco Pizarro

I am a French Cardinal (I work for the Pope) from France. I was the chief minister to Louis XIII, who was only 8 years old when he came to power. I was the one who had the Edict of Nantes repealed, and thus took certain religious freedoms from the French Huguenots. I was a political genius who wanted to make the king supreme in France and France supreme in Europe. I changed the focus of the Thirty Years' War from a religious to a political conflict.

Cardinal Richelieu

I believed in the divine right of kings. I was forced by Parliament to sign the Petition of Right. Puritans disliked the fact that I enjoyed the formal religious ceremonies of the Anglican Church. I fought the Roundheads during the English Civil War, lost, and was ultimately beheaded.

Charles I

I was a Stuart King from Scotland. I was brought to the throne of England after the failure of the Puritan government following the death of Oliver Cromwell. My return, and that of my family, to the throne of England is often called The Restoration.

Charles II (Charles Stuart)

I was the Holy Roman Emperor and leader of the Hapsburg Dynasty/ Empire. I called the Diet of Worms to make Martin Luther recant his views. When Luther did not recant his views, I authorized the German people to kill Lutherans and take their land, which they chose not to do.

Charles V

I was the monarch of England for over 70 years. I promoted tolerance for dissenters. I promoted expansion for my country, including colonizing parts of the New World. I achieved victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588 I made the Anglican Church the official church of England.

Elizabeth I (Tudor)

I am a famous French Painter. My paintings consisted of subjects from the past, and were full of drama and action. I was a Romantic painter, valuing emotion and instinct above reason. I painted Liberty Leading the People.

Eugene Delacroix

I was a priest in Mexico in 1810. I led an army of Indian peasants against Spanish peninsulares and creoles. I was ultimately captured by the Spanish and executed. I started the Mexican independence movement.

Father Miguel Hidalgo

I am a Portuguese sailor, but I sailed for Spain. In 1519 I left Spain with five ships to cross the Atlantic to South America. I sailed around the southernmost tip of South America, and named the great ocean I found the Pacific Ocean. I was killed in 1521 while fighting islanders on the Philippine Islands. My expedition was credited with being the first to circumnavigate (sail around) the globe.

Ferdinand Magellan

I am a German monk who believed that salvation can be achieved through the Bible alone. I also believed the Bible was the ultimate source of authority, and that all people are equal before God. I protested against the Pope's sale of indulgences. I posted my 95 thesis on the doors of Wittenberg Church in Germany.

Martin Luther

I thought of myself primarily as a sculptor, not a painter. I worked for the Pope, painting his Sistine Chapel. I sculpted the David of Florence.

Michelangelo

I was a writer during Spain's Sigleo d' Oro (Golden Age). I pioneered a new art form called the novel, that made fun of Spanish tradition and the nobility. I wrote Don Quixote.

Miguel de Cervantes

I wrote The Spirit of Laws in 1748, and tried to describe the perfect government. I believed that the best form of government involved a separation of powers between executive, legislative, and judicial branches, providing checks for political power.

Montesquieu

I am a French leader who became famous as a general from 1795 to 1799. I gained popular support due to my victories against the Sardinians and Austrians. My supporters believed I could win victories abroad and restore order in France. Desiring a stable France that would not fall back into the hands of the royalists, I came to power in a coup d'état in 1799.

Napoleon Bonaparte

I am an American Revolutionary. I was greatly influenced by Enlightenment philosophers such as John Locke. I declared that all men are created equal and have the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." I am the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Jefferson

I am a former slave who led a rebellion of slaves against France. I abolished slavery and won independence for Haiti.

Toussaint L'Ouverture

I am a Portuguese sailor. I was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope and landed in India in 1498. I returned with spices from India that sold at some 3000% their investment.

Vasco da Gama

I am an English playwright. I am famous not only for my plays, but for my sonnets, essays and the historical nature of my works. I wrote Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and Hamlet, among others.

William Shakespeare

WE were from the House of Stuart (Scotland/ England) and from the House of Orange (Dutch). WE were Protestant Monarchs who took power in England after King James II was asked by Parliament to step down. WE became the first limited monarchs of England in 1689. OURrise to power is commonly known as the Glorious Revolution.

William and Mary

I am an Austrian composer. I am widely considered the greatest composer of all time... I began composing major works before the age of 10. I am known for my Classical compositions

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart