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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta was signed
It was the first document that forced the King to follow laws. They were not above the law any longer. -
James becomes King
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Gun Powder Plot
When Roman Catholics planned to explode King James I and parliament but their plan failed. -
New Bible by King James I
His Bible is used for 250 years. -
Charles is made King
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King James dies
He reined for 22 years. -
King James get marries
King James I marries Henrietta Maria. She was unpopular Queen becuase she was Catholic and French. -
Petition of Right
Signed by the king to protect rights of people -
Charles crowned King of Scotland
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Impeachment of Archbishop Laud
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Short Parliament was called
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Long Parliament
King Charles summons the long parliament to get money. -
End of personal rule
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Parliament creates Earl of Statfford
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Execution of the Lord
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King Charles declares war on Parliament
This began the civil war. -
The Grand Remonstrance
Charles I tried to capture the leaders of the bill with 500 men but thier plan failed. Charles then lift England because Parliament called for their own army. -
Battle of Marston
The Parliamentarians defeated the Royalists at Long Marston, North Yorkshire. -
Battle of Naseby
The main army of King Charles I was destroyed by the Parliament's New Model Army. -
Charles signs engagement with Scotland
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Scots hand over Charles I
The Scots handed him back ocer to the Parliament after he had feld he country after being defeated. -
Pride's Purge
143 Prebytarians are run out of Parliament by Cromwell which leaves Rump Parliament with only 60 Puritan members with Charles I on trial for treason against him own country. -
Charles is beheaded
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Charles II is announced King of Scots
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Cromwell leaves Ireland
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Charles II flees
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Cromwell claimed lord protector
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Charles II dies
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First Steam Engine is invented
Thomas Newcomen invents the first comercially successful steam engine. -
Townshend discovered turnips helped crops
Townshend discovered that turnips made it possible for farmers to make a profit all four seasons of the year. -
Start of the French Indian War
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Start of the Seven Year's War
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First threshing machine
Threshing machine invented by mechanical engineer, Andrew Meilke and used for agriculture. -
Fall of Quebec
The British take over Quebec. -
End of French Indian War
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Proclamation of 1763
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Treaty of Paris
The fighting between France and England stops and England takes all the land except Louisiana. -
Sugar Act was passed
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Stamp Act
Goods and services tax on many good and some government services Tax was in the form of a stamp that people had to buy and stick on everything Supposed to pay for defending colonies in the Seven Years War -
Sons of Liberity was created
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Boston Massacre
British soldiers killed five innocent colonists in a mob of colonist protestors. -
Boston Port Act
Boston habor is closed until the East India Trading Company is payed back for dumping their tea in the harbor. -
Administration of Jutice Act
Royal officials can have their trial elswhere (another colony or England) making it an unfair trial for the colonists. -
The Quebec Act
Enlarged the boundries of what was the the French Catholic Offended a variety of different groups in the colonies -
Intolerable Acts
1) Quartering Act
2) Boston Port Act
3) Massachusettes Government Act
4) Administration of Justice Act
The Intolerable Acts were put in place by England in response to the Boston Tea Party. -
Massachusettes Goverment Act
Government is picked by British subject in colony and limits the amount of meetings the town is allowed to have to avoid protests. -
The First Continental Congress
The colonists got together and decided to boycott English products. -
Quartering Act
Soldiers have the ability/right to be housed and fed in the colonial's homes. -
The Second Continental Congress
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Start of American Revolution
The English colonies waged a war on England because they wanted to become their own country. England was taxing them without representation in the English parliament. When the protests of the colonists were not listened to, the colonies had had enough and wanted to become their own country. -
Declaration of Independance written
It was a document announcing that the 13 colonies that had once been a part of England were now forming thier own country. -
Battle of Saratoga
Critical for American success because with the victory at Saratoga France agreed to join them in fighting against the English. -
First power loom invented
Cartwright invented the first power loom. -
End of Feudalism
Feudalism and serfdom no longer exist in France. -
The Third Estate becomes the National Assembly
After the Third Estate gets kicked out of Parliament they took the Tennis Court Oath and declared themselves the National Assembly. -
Storming the Bastille
The Third Estate stormed the Bastille in order to get gun powder. The ended up taking it apart, brick by brick. -
Louis XVI arrested
The nobles in france were leaving and taking their money elsewhere. Louis wanted to join in and tried to flee the country but got caught. -
France and Austria go to war
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Louis XVI's trial begins
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First meeting of the National Convention
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Reign of Terror Begins
Anyone who was against the revolution was executed. -
Rospierre's death
Rospierre was sentenced to the guillotine after the National Assembly arrested him. -
Louis XVI was killed
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Napolean becomes emporer
Napolean takes the crown out of the Pope's head and out its on his own head to declare himself emporer. -
First Steamboat invented
Robert Fulton invented the first steamboat called The Clermont. -
Napolean escapes from Elba
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Napoleon is exiled to St. Helena for the second time
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Napoleon dies
During his exile, Napoleon dies from stomach cancer. -
Workers Associations Legalized
When parliament discovered the conditions of the workers, labor unions were legalized. -
First commercial railway
Liverpool and Manchester Railway develop the first commercial railway system. -
Elecro-magnetic current discovered
Faraday discovers elecro-magnetic current which makes generators and electric engines run. -
Child labor laws were passed
Before child labor laws were passed, children worked unreasonable hours in horrible conditions that had long-term effects on thier health. -
Telagraph and Morse code invented
Morse invents the telegraph and the morse code. -
Petrol (gasoline) refining first used
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First elevator invented
Elisha Otis invented the elevator. -
Steel converter invented
Bessemer invents the first steel converter. -
Telephone invented
Bell inventes the first telephone. -
Phonograph invented
Edison invented the first phonograph. -
Machine gun invented
Maxim invents the machine gun which marks the beginning of machine warfare.
