Scientific Revolution

The Scientific Revolution was a time era where people started to advance their knowledge when it came to science. They started doing sciences that weren't just alchemy and the literal bare basics, they started mathematics, thinking of the earth's shape, and  doing chemistry. The brilliant minds this this revolution had come up with were just outstanding. They came up with inventions that changed our perspective on us, the earth, and beyond. Machines of knowledge came to stand, teaching us about the stars and sky and the things below our feet. The Scientific Revolution was a time when people saw themselves, the world, and much more in a new way.

The world was advancing, sciences that we use today dawned. People like Kepler, Galileo, and Newton built the sciences and theories that we follow and study today! The list of sciences, that came to be, during the revolution, is very long. Their sciences advancing and growing left and right, like alchemy, astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, ecology, and alchemy had advanced largely during the revolution. Without the revolution we wouldn't have had any of these sciences.

The brains it took to make these inventions, sciences,and theories were people that had dedicated their lives to find the answers to significant questions. When the set of words major scientists, are said, a few people come to mind like Kepler, Galileo, Aristotle, Newton, and tons more. These people all lived some time in scientific revolution, and  they came up with things like Newton’s three laws, Copernicus’s heliocentric universe model, Galileo’s flying machine, and many more. The Scientific Revolution was chalk full of amazing ideas, geniuses, and revolutionary theories.

The Scientific Revolution was a time for inventions for scientific advancement. Today looking thru a telescope is a fun little activity, but in the Scientific Revolution looking thru a telescope was like a revolutionary thing, it was new, it was like the ipad, but more important. Copernicus made a model of our solar system that said that earth was not the middle of the solar system.  What if Copernicus did not make that model of the solar system, then we would still think that we were the middle of the solar system. Isaac Newton telescope created a type of telescope that we still use today! All threw the revolution machines that we still use today were made and without them we would not have very important science information.

Without the people, the sciences, and the inventions in the Scientific Revolution we would not have very basic information on all the things around. The sciences that were discovered in the revolution are a vital part to our everyday lives. The names that built or theorized the things from the Scientific Revolution are people that developed things that stayed with mankind for over hundreds of years and its outstanding what they've done. The machines made in the revolution are not people nor whole sciences there just machines that we use everyday, but there uses were once new and without them we would not be able to do many things. The Scientific Revolution was a time when people saw themselves, the world, and much more in a new way.

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Napoleon’s Great Retreat from Russia

      The Patriotic War of 1812 was a land mark in Napoleon’s military career because it was his first loss. Before the retreat from Russia, Napoleon’s record was flawless, he was a cunning military mastermind. Napoleon could manipulate the battlefield to his advantage, but The Patriotic War ruined his unbeatable persona. France had a weak truce with Russia, the French nor the Russians abided by their truce, and Napoleon did not want Russia to attack Poland. These led to the Patriotic War of 1812.          

        Napoleon marched with over 500,000 French soldiers with the intent of destroying 3 major cities in Russia. The Grande Armee was one of the biggest European army’s assembled to that point. The French marched into Russia in 3 gigantic fleets,  General Marshal Nicholas Oudinot and his French fleet were stopped in there direct path to St. Petersburg by a small Russian fleet. This tactical move by the Russians led to an inevitable battle in Moscow that would decide the fate of the Patriotic War of 1812.

         The Russians attacked the French in small cavalry units while their main army retreated for 3 months, the French were not used to the fierce Russian climate. The Russian main army, and the French Grande Armee, led by Napoleon himself, met in the battle of Borodino, right outside of Moscow, the Battle of Borodino was one of the largest and most brutal battles of the Napoleonic wars. Over 250,000 troops were involved it led to over 70,000 fatalities.                                                                                  

        The Russians retreated once more, Russia could replenish their army whereas the French could not, Napoleon marched into Moscow with the Grande Armee and destroyed most of Moscow, but Napoleon could see no victory in sight, Napoleon decided to retreat, this was a disastrous retreat. After Napoleon realized they could not win he tried to reach Kaluga but they were blocked by a replenished Russian army, in the battle of Maloyaroslavets.  

         Napoleon and the Grande Armee were forced to retreat the same way they had come through the completely destroyed roads of Smolensk, they took catastrophic blows from peasants through guerrilla warfare and the absolutely devastating Russian winter pounded on them, Killing many French troops. When Napoleon entered France there were only one twentieth of the fit soldiers left, the Patriotic War of 1812 was a fierce war with a huge impact on European history. This was the beginning of the end for Napoleon, he was exiled only 2 years later, and his status as an unbeatable tactician was shattered.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia

http://www.geographia.com/russia/rushis05.htm

http://www.history.com/news/napoleons-disastrous-invasion-of-russia-200-years-ago

http://www.napoleonguide.com/campaign_russia.htm