Memorize these and recognize 27.3% of all 17th Century clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galileo | 3 | In his 1613 "Letters on Sunspots", he openly supported the Copernican theory |
| 2 | Austria | 3 | Under the Treaty of Karlowitz of 1699, most of Hungary was ceded to this country by the Ottoman Empire |
| 3 | tobacco | 2 | James I wasn't thrilled that the Jamestown colony was preoccupied by this "noisome and running weed" |
| 4 | Thirty Years' War | 2 | This series of wars ran from 1618 to 1648, so the name makes good sense |
| 5 | the Romanovs | 2 | When this house took over Russia in 1613, it ended the Time of Troubles |
| 6 | the Moon | 2 | In 1647 astronomer Johannes Hevelius published "Selenographia", an atlas of the surface of this |
| 7 | Samuel de Champlain | 2 | After coming down from Canada, in 1605 he & his party became the first Frenchmen to visit the site of Boston |
| 8 | Peter the Great | 2 | When his half brother died in 1696, he became the sole ruler of Russia |
| 9 | Newton | 2 | Reportedly, in an English orchard in Woolsthorpe in 1666, he saw an apple fall & got ideas |
| 10 | Louis XIV | 2 | The Durants said of this French king's reign, "It was an age of strict manners and loose morals" |
| 11 | Baroque | 2 | Ornate furniture, Rubens paintings, & Bernini's gilded churches represent this art style |
| 12 | Amsterdam | 2 | On Nov. 24, 1632 Baruch Spinoza was born to Jewish parents in this Dutch capital |
| 13 | the Ming | 2 | 1 of the 2 dynasties that ruled China during the 17th Century |
| 14 | John Bunyan | 2 | This author of the "Pilgrim's Progress" was confined to Bedford County Jail from 1660 to 1672 |
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