Students’ Questions about History Page 59

The Boston Tea Party happened in 1773.

From Leonardo Da Vinci’s anatomical drawings, we can conclude that he was highly interested in the inner workings of the human body and that he had a great deal of knowledge about human anatomy.

The French Revolutionary Assembly’s decision to maintain property qualifications for voting and officeholding deprived the poor and women of full equality.

He was an Italian polymath who exerted a far-reaching influence on the development of science and technology. His notebooks reveal a spirit of scientific inquiry and a mechanical inventiveness that were centuries ahead of their time.

He is most famous for his paintings, including the Mona Lisa, but Leonardo da Vinci was also an engineer, inventor and scientist. He created many designs for machines that were far ahead of his time, including a flying machine and an armored vehicle.

They are all considered to be great geniuses of their time.

Frida Kahlo represents the strength and resilience of Mexican people. She also represents the power of art to transcend the physical and emotional limitations imposed by injury and illness.

The painting is called the Vitruvian Man and it is a drawing that shows the ideal proportions of the human body.

Civil liberties protect citizens from abuse by the government. They are important because they promote democracy and protect individual rights.

There is much debate about what was wrong with Vincent Van Gogh, but it is generally agreed that he suffered from some form of mental illness.