SS Citizens Klein

Queen Elizabeth 1st 1533-1603

Child of Anne Bolene and Henry the 8th

Virgin Queen/Married to England

First Protestant Born Monarch

Foundation of the British Empire

Built English Culture

Queen Victoria 1819-1901

Ruled at the height of the British Empire

Came into power at 18 and ruled for 64 years

Wore black for 40 years

Conquers Ireland

Mandates all doors must be black

Victorian Etiquette

St. Thomas More 1477-1535

Head of the English Catholic Church

Denies Henry the 8th divorce

Man of faith

Beheaded

Wrote “Utopia”

Leads Henry the 8th to start the Church of England

Niccolo Machiavelli 1469-1527

Italian Philospher

Writes Prince (A book about how to be the best king/dictators handbook)

“the ends justify the means”

William the Conqueror 1027-1087

Leads France to conqueror the British Isles in 1066

French and Anglesaxxon mixed to make English

William Shakespeare 1564-1616

Famous writer

His stories remain relatable in modern day

One of the earliest authors to focus on humans as opposed to religion

His stories are still used as outlines for famous stories today

Johann Gutenberg 1400-1468

Invented the printing press

This led to the renaissance and widespread knowledge

Led to the idea of individuality

John Locke 1632-1704

Philosopher known for political work

Inspired Thomas Jefferson

Inspired American Democracy

Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790

Founding Father

Inventor, Diplomat, Author

Ambassador to France

Did a lot for the U.S.

George Washington 1732-1799

1st U.S. president

The idea of a president came because he was such a good person and leader

Reason we have a president

Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865

16th president

Freed slaves/ended Civil War

Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826

3rd president

Smartest president

Helped write the Declaration of Independence

Made the Louisiana Purchase

Started the U.S. Navy

Franklin Roosvelt 1882-1945

WW2 President

Created the New Deal to get us out of the Great Depression

Made U.S. an empire

First to connect to citizens through radio

Eleanor Roosevelt 1884-1962

Worked for Women’s Rights

Newspaper Journalist

Diplomat

UN Representative

Wrote the Human Rights Convention

Margaret Sanger 1883-1996

Starts Planned Parenthood

Widespread Birth Control

Leads to Urbanization

Homer 8th C., B.C.

Wrote the Iliad and Odyssey (Oldest Books we have)

Very important books

Socrates 470-399 B.C.

Greek Philosopher

Convicted of Corrupting Young Minds

Not well liked

“the unexamined life is not worth living”

Plato 427-347 B.C.

Socrates Pupil

Writes Dialogues (Discussions w/ Socrates) and The republic (Ideal Government according to Plato)

Founded The Academy to set up Aristocracy

Aristotle 384-322 B.C.

Platos star student at the Academy

Greatest mind of the ancient world

expert on everything

People assumed he was always correct and his answers became the norm even when wrong (geocentrism)

He believed Men were superior

Alexander the Great 356-323 B.C.

Tutored by Aristotle

Son of King Phillip of Macedon

Kind at 20

Spreads the Greek empire

undefeated

Greatest Warrior/Leader of all time

Has lots of kids

Nicolas Copernicus 1473-1543

Polish Astronomer

Had the idea of Heliocentirsim (we revolve around the sun)

starts the Science Reinassance/Copernican Revolution

Mary Wollstonecraft 1759-1797

English Philosopher

Writes “A Vindication of Women” and “Rules for Daughters”

Foundation of the Women’s Rights Movement years later

Peter the Great 1672-1725

Russian Czar

Brings Russia out of the Dark Ages

Travels Europe to learn

Modernizes and Westernizes Russia

Karl Marx 1818-1883

Communist Manifesto

Fathers Communism

“Workers of the world unite”

Lenin (V.I. Ulyanov) 1870-1924

Starts the Russian Revolution

Imprisoned in Siberia

Overthrows the Czar and becomes the new ruler

Starts USSR

Starts Communism in Russia

Stalin (J.V. Dzugashivil) 1879-1953

Takes over for Lenin

Bully

Uneducated

“A single death is a tragedy a million deaths is a statistic”

Mikhail Gorbachev 1931-2022

Takes over as Soviet Ruler in 1985

College Educated

Restructures and opens up the USSR

Causes the downfall of the Soviet Union