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Period: Jan 1, 1550 to
Scientific Revolution
The Scientific Revolution lasted 150 years, and we saw great names like Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Newton, and more -
Scientific Method
Its author was Francis Bacon, who published it in Novum Organum in 1620. The scientific method has been used since then in almost every field of science, in all kinds of experiments -
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Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a period of reflection that ended up in the creation of various rights, economic and political models, etc -
Laws of Motion
Issac Newton created the three Laws of Motion and published them first in Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, in 1687. The Laws are nowadays widely used in Physics and highly recognized amongst people. -
Three Powers
Montesquieu divided the Government's power into three main parts: Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary. Today, this system is used in a big number of democratic countries. -
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American Revolution
During a period of time, the world saw how a new nation was born, the nation that today is regarded as the most important of them all, and whose decisions affect every other country: The United States of America -
Boston Tea Party
English Government approved the Tea Act, which placed English Tea at an exorbitant price, so Americans dumped english tea into Boston´s sea as a way of protesting. -
Capitalism
Adam Smith published an economic model that nowadays the whole world uses, capitalism. He first published it in his work "The Wealth of Nations". -
Bankruptcy
The Royal Treasury was declared empty, and the nobles refused to change the tax system or ask the Crown for money. This event gave start to the French Revolution. -
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French Revolution
In 1791, the lower classes in France got tired of the same corrupt monarchy system. A huge rebellion took place, just to empower everyone who worked honestly and earned nothing. -
Storming of the Bastille
A huge crowd gathered outside of a prison known as The Bastille, they invaded it and let the prisoners out and robbed the gunpowder and weapons -
Ratification of United States Bill of Rights
In 1791, the American Revolution finally ended after 30 years of harsh battles, and land disputes between many European powers. It ended when the US Bill of Rights was ratified, and thus, giving birth to the United States of America
