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Period: Apr 16, 1400 to
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Apr 16, 1492
1492
Columbus sails to the Americas to find an easier trade route to Asia -
Apr 16, 1521
1521
Cortez conquers the Aztecs, they wanted to spread religion to Americas and the Aztecs rejected them therefore they were killed -
Apr 16, 1543
1543
Copernicus Presents the Heliocentric Theory, the theory that the sun is in the middle of the solar system and the Earth revolves around the sun -
1607
English settled in Jamestown, the people settled there were looking for religion -
1661-1715
Louis XIV of France begins his reign, he turned France into an absolute monarchy after the death of Cardinal Mazarin’s -
1688
Glorious Revolution in England, William and Mary overthrew King James II (Mary’s father) with the Dutch fleet because he was catholic -
1696
Peter the Great of Russia begins his reign, he was a war fanatic, and he was at war with Sweden and Turkey. He traveled around Europe to study their customs and urbanize Russia -
1789-1799
French Revolution begins, a period of time where radical and political in France because of King Louis XVI and Mary Antoinette they put France into debt. They excommunicate the 3rd estate in everything they did -
1789
the great fear, a wave of senseless panic that spreads through the French country side after the storming of the Bastille in 1789 -
1789
tennis court oath after forming the national assembly the king locked the 3rd estate out of their estates-general meeting -
1791
King Louis tries to escape, he was disguised as a steward and him and his family tried to escape to Austria his wife’s home country. He was discovered at the border village of Varennes -
1793
Maximilien Robespierre he was a Jacobin leader, he started the great fear. He killed 40,000 people with the guillotine -
1799
Esates General when the estates general met, each estate solemnly marched into the hall at versaillies -
1800
18th century- the Enlightenment an 18th century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society -
1804
Napoleon conquers most of Europe; he took France out of complete destruction and made France a world power. He conquered most of Europe with his great military strategies. He is considered one of the greatest rulers of all time
