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Jan 1, 1300
The Renaissance
1300s
Movement following the Middle Ages that centered on revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome. meaning "rebirth." -
Aug 3, 1492
Discovering America
When Christopher Columbus landed on America for the first time. When America became known by the europeans. -
Jan 1, 1500
The Scientific Revolution
1500s-1600s
Transformation in thinking caused by scientific observation, experimentation, and the questioning of traditional opinions. -
Jan 1, 1517
The Reformation
1517-1648
Religious revolution that split the church in western Europe and created a number of new churches. -
The Enlightenment
1700s
Philosophers believed that they could apply the scientific method and use reason to explain human nature logically. -
Industrial Revolution
1700s
When power-driven machines began to do much of the work that people had done before. -
The American Revolution
1775-1783
The war between the American colonies and Great Britain, leading to the formation of the independent United States. -
Declaration of Independence
July 4 1776
The proclamation made by the second American Continental Congress, which asserted the freedom and independence of the 13 Colonies from Great Britain. -
The French Revolution
1789-1815
The anticlerical and republican revolution in France from 1789 until 1799, when Napoleon seized power. -
Storming of the Bastille
July 14 1789
At the beginning of the French Revolution, an armed mob of Parisians captured the fortress and released its prisoners, an action that came to symbolize the end of the ancien rgime. -
Reign of Terror
September 5 1793 – July 28 1794
Period during the French Revolution when the National Convention worked to suppress all opposition. -
Napoleonic Wars
May 18 1803 – November 20 1815
A series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times. -
The Opium War
1839-1842
Conflict between China and Britain that arose due to Britain’s export of opium to China. -
Treaty of Nanjing
August 29 1842
Treaty following the Opium War in which China gave Hong Kong to Britain and opened ports to British trade. -
Treaty of Kanagawa
March 31 1854
Negotiations between Matthew Perry and Japan that permitted trade between the two countries. -
Indian Revolt of 1857
May 10 1857- June 20 1858
Revolt that began with Indian soldiers in the Bengal army of the British East India Company but developed into a widespread uprising against British rule in India. -
Meiji Restoration
1868-1912
Change when a group of samurai overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate and restored the emperor to power. -
The Berlin Conference
November 15 1884–1885
A meeting at which representatives of european nations agreed on rules colonization of africa -
World War I
1914–1918
A war fought from 1914 to 1918, in which Great Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, Italy, Japan, the United States, and other allies defeated Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria. -
The Russian Revolution
March 8 1917 – November 8 1917
the uprising in Russia, in which the Czarist government collapsed and a provisional government was established.
