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Period: 1492 to
Edad Moderna
La Edad Moderna es el tercero de los periodos históricos en los que se divide convencionalmente la historia universal, comprendido entre el siglo XV y el XVIII. -
Period: 1500 to
ANTIGUO RÉGIMEN
El Antiguo Régimen es el sistema político, económico y social predominante en Europa durante la Edad Moderna. Comenzó en el siglo XV y terminó en 1789 con la revolución francesa. -
Montesquieu
Montesquieu was a french political philosopher, whose principal work, The Spirit of Laws, was a major contribution to political theory. -
Voltaire
Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher , satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state. -
Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic, and educational thought. -
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the thinking of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. -
George Washington
He was the first president of USA. He is also considered the American Father. -
James Watt
James Watt was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world. -
Thomas Jefferson
He was the third president of USA. He was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence -
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ILUSTRACIÓN
La ilustración fue un movimiento cultural europeo que nació a mediados del siglo XVIII y duró hasta principios del siglo XIX. Fue especialmente activo en Inglaterra, Francia y Alemania. -
Louis XVI
He was king of France when the monarchy was overthrow during French Revolution. His power was restricted by the Republic. -
Robespierre
Robespierre was a French lawyer and statesman who became one of the most widely known, influential, and controversial figures of the French Revolution. -
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Revolución Industrial
Fue el proceso de cambio de una economía agraria y artesanal a una dominada por la industria y la fabricación de maquinaria -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Was a French emperor and military commander who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. -
Declaración de independencia de Estados Unidos
Fundamentó la independencia de las colonias de América. Fue formulada por Thomas Jefferson. -
George Stephenson
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer during the Industrial Revolution. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victorians as a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement. -
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Edad Contemporánea
Es el periodo histórico comprendido entre la revolución francesa en 1789 hasta la actualidad. -
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Imperio napoleónico
Fue el gobierno monárquico establecido por Napoleón Bonaparte en 1804, tras la disolución de la primera república francesa. -
Pierre Jouseph Proudhon
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon was a French socialist,politician, philosopher, and economist who founded mutualist philosophy and is considered by many to be the "father of anarchism".He was the first person to declare himself an anarchist, using that term, and is widely regarded as one of anarchism's most influential theorists. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. -
Mijail Bakunin
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin was a Russian revolutionary anarchist. He is among the most influential figures of anarchism and a major figure in the revolutionary socialist, social anarchist, collectivist anarchist traditions. Bakunin's prestige as a revolutionary also made him one of the most famous ideologues in Europe, gaining substantial influence among radicals throughout Russia and Europe. -
Karl Marx
Karl Marx was a German-born philosopher, economist, political theorist,historian, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His best-known works are the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto (with Friedrich Engels) and the three-volume Das Kapital; the latter employs his critical approach of historical materialism in an analysis of capitalism and represents his greatest intellectual achievement.Marx's ideas and theories and their subsequent development, collectively known as Marxism. -
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels was a German philosopher, political theorist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He was also a businessman and Karl Marx's closest friend and collaborator. -
Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman.He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world.