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Jan 1, 1543
Scientific Revolution
*Nicolaus Copernicus
Proposed that Earth and other planets move around the sun. He influenced other scientists form the scientific revolution with his theory of the universe.
*Isaac Newton
Defined the three laws of motion that explain the movement of all objects and formulated the universal law of gravitation. -
Enlightment
*Voltaire
He proposed one of the most revolutionary ideas that was that the government separates from the church in all aspects.
*Montesquiew
He came with the idea that power should be divided into three different divisions: executive, legislative, and judiciary. -
American Revolution
*Boston Tea Party
The americans dressed up like native americans and threw all the tea that was arriving from England to the Boston harbor, they did this because they were angry with the English and their taxes.
*Boston Massacre
What happened was that British soldiers shot 5 civilians from the revolution. -
French Revolution
*3 Important Unfair Taxes
taille.- This was a property tax
gabelle.-Salt tax
vintieme.-Income tax 1/.20% of a person's income
*The Siege of la Bastille
There were protestors that demanded weapons and bullets but the guards refused, so they took the Bastille and free the seven prisoners that were jailed and took the artillery.
