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Period: 1550 to 1570
Scientific Revolution
It was when people started asking question about the world and universe, so they decided to answer this question using science and tools. The scientific revolution relates to the enlightenment because they wanted to do a change in the world, and in the enlightenment they wanted the same but the difference is they wanted a change in the way of government -
Period: 1550 to
The Enlightenment
This was when philosophers made suggestions about changing the government for a better one, with this it was supposed to benefit everyone, they had thoughts and made ideas with this thoughts. The relation with the glorious revolution is that England wanted enlightenment ideas -
Period: to
Enlightenment Absolutism
Here was when European countries started to "implement" the ideas of the Enlightenment, some countries are Prussia, Russia and Austria -
Glorious Revolution
In here the English people wanted a change of king because king James II didn't had an open mind about religion, so they decided to call William, the interesting fact of this Revolution was that there was no battles and in here the Bill of Rights started -
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Seven Year War
In here many European countries wanted power and in the attempt of this power they started invading each other because they mainly wanted territories. This relates with the enlightenment because Frederick II believed in these ideas -
Stamp Act
This happened after the 7 year war when England lost a lot of resources, they decided to implement high taxes to the US so that they could get some money -
Boston Tea Party
This was an act of the US, the US threw all the tea to an ocean, this was to show England they were in protest -
First Continental Congress
The first continental congress was made in reaction to the Coercive Acts. It was also to join Great Britain and the colonies but the delegates rejected it -
Second Continental Congress
The second congress was made to plan further responses if the British government had not repealed or modified the acts, but this was after the American Revolutionary War had started, and they called the congress to take charge of the war -
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American Independence
It was the second revolution most violent after the French Revolution. It lasted almost ten years, when it finished they did a constitution, in here they proposed with a federal system in which national government and state government shared: Executive,
Legislative, and Judicial powers. This was a believe of Montesquieu. -
USA Declaration of Independence
This was a document that Thomas Jefferson made, then he was elected as a president. This declaration was to show England they wanted to be independent. -
Treaty of Paris recognized American Independence
In here they recognized US as an independent country