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Scientific Revolution
During the Scientific Revolution, discoveries in astronomy led to a new conception of the universe. Breakthroughs advanced medical knowledge and launched the field of chemistry as well. -
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Enlightenment
Was major European intellectual movement that applied reason to all human experience. -
Glorious Revolution
Resulted in a Bill of Rights that affirmed Parliament's right to make laws. -
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Seven Years War
Was a global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763. It involved every European great power of the time and spanned five continents. -
Stamp Act
Parliament imposed the Stamp Act on the colonies. The act required certain printed materials, such as legal documents and newspapers, to carry a stamp showing that a tax had been paid to Britain. -
Boston Tea Party
Was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston -
The First Continental Congress
To counteract British actions, the colonies organized the First Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia in September 1774. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress set up an army, called the Continental Army. George Washington served as its commander in chief. -
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American Independence
Is the statement made in The Second Continental Congress where the US separated from the British power. -
USA Declaration of Independence
Includes broad statements supporting equality and human rights. -
Treaty of Paris
The French granted diplomatic recognition to the new United States. -
Storming of Bastille
An event where 900 Parisians gathered in the courtyard of the Bastille and attacked it to start the revolution. -
Declarations of Rights of Man & Citizen
Is a human civil rights document which defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution. -
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French Revolution
The event where the institutions of the Old Regime were destroyed. A new order emerged, based on individual rights, representative institutions, and a concept of loyalty to the nation rather than the monarch. -
Napoleon Crowns Emperor
In 1804 Napoleon crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I. -
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Mexican Independence
Was an armed conflict, and the culmination of a political and social process which ended the rule of Spain in 1821 in the territory of New Spain (México). -
Congress of Vienna
After the defeat of Napoleon, European rulers moved to restore the old order. This was the goal of the victors—Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia—when they met at the Congress of Vienna. -
Allies defeat Napoleon
At Waterloo in Belgium on June 18, 1815, Napoleon met a combined British and Prussian army under the Duke of Wellington and suffered a bloody defeat.
