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Period: 1500 to
Scientific Revolution
The Scientific Revolution wanted to make changes in thew thoughts and beliefs of the people, also wanted to make changes in the social and institutional organization. The Scientific Revolution was rapid advances in the European mathematical or politics based on new philosophies. -
Period: 1550 to
Enlightenment
The Scientific Revolution led to the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment was a major European intellectual movement that applied reason to all human experience. Sir Isaac Newton was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution, he influenced every area of Enlightenment by his fundamental scientific insight and the physical world. -
Glorious Revolution
The central power of England shifted due to religious differences (Catholic vs. Protestant). The Parliament had no power. The Parliament offered the throne to Protestants Dutch William and Mary. William and Mary accepted it, along with a Bill of Rights. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights set for Parliament’s, gave parliament the right to make laws. This also made parliament and monarchy share the power. The Bill of Rights helped create a system of government based on the rule of law and a freely elected Parliament. This also helped to make a constitutional monarchy. -
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Enlightenment Absolutism
The Enlightenment Absolutism was ideas like religious toleration or freedom of speech into monarchial practices. They used this to limit the power to the church and monarchy. In here we had Prussia, Russia and Austria. Frederick I and Frederick II (Frederick the Great) were the kings of Prussia. Maria Theresa and her son Joshep the II were the kings of Austria and at last Catherine the Great was queen of Russia -
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Seven Years War
In the Seven Years War major war broke out over the succession to the Austrian throne. When the Austrian emperor Charles VI died without a male heir, his daughter, Maria Theresa, succeeded him, Frederick attacked on Austria, Sweden, and Russia out of fear that Maria Theresa would try to regain Silesia. -
Stamp Act
This act said, certain printed materials, such as legal documents and newspaper, needed to have and stamp that showed they paid tax from Britain. This caused opposition that was often violent. Later the Act was taken out, but the cause wasn’t resolved. -
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American Revolution
After the Seven Years’ war, leaders wanted interests from the colonies, so they could cover the war costs and they could pay maintaining an army to defend the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was like a protest from Indians to British, because they were paying many taxes. This caused a problem were 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships. The Americans were protesting both a tax on tea. -
First Continental Congress
From the crisis of the Stamp Act, to counteract the British actions, the colonies organized the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, in 1774, members urged colonies to take up arms and organize militias. -
Second Continental Congress
Finally, the fight started from colonies to the British army in 1775. Later the Second Continental Congress created an army called Continental Army and was commanded by George Washington. -
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American independence
Though the revolution had begun, the colonies didn’t established the Independence, but some thought that few colonies were still loyal to the king. -
USA Declaration of Independence
In the Declaration of Independence the colonies declare independence from Britain. Drawing on the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers, Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence has important legal and political ideas, such as “all men are equal, that they are endowed by their Creator, with rights, such as life, liberty and happiness.“ -
Treaty of Paris recognized American Independence
The Treaty of Paris was a formal agreement between America and Great Britain. The signed agreement recognized American independence, established borders for the new nation, and formally ended the Revolutionary War.