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|Estates of France

|Estates of France

|the social rankings that led to the French Revolution: the First Estate was clergy, only 1% of population but in control of 10% of the land; the Second Estate was the nobility, only 2% of the population but in control of 20% of the land; and the Third Estate were the peasants, laborers and merchants, which was 97% of the population.

|the social rankings that led to the French Revolution: the First Estate was clergy, only 1% of population but in control of 10% of the land; the Second Estate was the nobility, only 2% of the population but in control of 20% of the land; and the Third Estate was the peasants, laborers and merchants, which was 97% of the population.

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|Simón Bolívar

|Simón Bolívar

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|James Clerk Maxwell

|James Clerk Maxwell

|(1831-1879) British physicist, perhaps the greatest of the 1800s; he developed a single consistent electromagnetic theory and the "maxwell", a unit of magnetic flux, was named in his honor

|(1831-1879) the greatest physicist of the 1800s, Maxwell was a devout British Christian who developed a single consistent electromagnetic theory and the "maxwell", a unit of magnetic flux, was named in his honor

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|Johann Sebastian Bach

|Johann Sebastian Bach

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|[[Il Duce]]

|[[Il Duce]]

|"The Leader." Name used by the fascists to identify Mussolini in the 1930s and during World War II.

|"The Leader." Name used by the fascists to identify Mussolini from about 1920 t 1943

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|[[Nazi]]

|[[Nazi]]

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|George Patton

|George Patton

|homeschooled, this American was the finest field general in WWII and the only one the Germans truly feared; he was better at blitzkrieg-style tank warfare than the Germans were.  He style caused far more casualties in the enemy than suffered by his troops.

|homeschooled, this American was the finest field general in WWII and the only one the Germans truly feared; he was better at blitzkrieg-style tank warfare than the Germans were.  His aggressive style caused far more casualties in the enemy than suffered by his troops.

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|[[Big Bang]]

|[[Big Bang]]

|1927: a scientific theory developed by a Catholic priest, initially ridiculed before being accepted by many physicists, that the universe had a unique, sudden creation rather than having existed forever

|1927: a scientific theory developed by a Catholic priest, initially ridiculed before being accepted by many physicists, that the universe had a unique, sudden creation rather than having existed forever as other scientists claimed

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|quantum mechanics

|quantum mechanics

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|intifada

|intifada

|in general, "intifada" is a Muslim term that refers generally to an unorganized uprising, which can include violence; specifically, to a campaign by the Muslim PLO from 1987 to 1993 against Israelis.

|in general, "intifada" is a Muslim term that refers generally to an unorganized uprising, which can include violence; more specifically, "intifada" refers to a campaign by the Muslim PLO from 1987 to 1993 against Israelis.

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|Declaration of Principles

|Declaration of Principles

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|[[Battle of the Somme]]

|[[Battle of the Somme]]

|This battle started with the British and French meeting at the Somme River to begin an attack on the Germans to distract them from Verdun. The Allies bombed the Germans lines then sent 200,000 troops to storm them. The Germans were prepared for the attack and the losses were great. The British lost 20,000 men and had 40,000 wounded. The British and the French lost nearly 750,000 men.

|This battle started with the British and French meeting at the Somme River to begin an attack on the Germans to distract them from Verdun. The Allies bombed the Germans lines then sent 200,000 troops to storm them. The Germans were prepared for the attack and the losses were great, as were the British and French casualties.

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|[[Third Battle of Ypres]]

|[[Third Battle of Ypres]]