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King Charles I was born
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King Charles I married Henrietta Maria
The marriage was not popular because she was a catholic -
Parliament Dismissed
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Parliament recalled
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Petion of Right
It protected subjects from further taxation -
Charles arrests 9 MPs for no apparent reason
THis action of his made him even more unpopular -
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Ship Money
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Short Parliament
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Long Parliament
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Grand Remonstrance
It listed parliaments grievances against the king since his reign began -
Royalist Victories at Braddock Down and Nantwich
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Charles imprisoned
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Putney debates
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Charles escaped imprisionment
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Charles recaptured
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Rump Parliament
It gave parliament the right to make new Acts without the King's approval -
Trialn of King Charles began
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Execution of KIng Charles
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Edinburgh suurenders to Cromwell
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Charles II crowned King of Scots at Scone
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Charles escapes to France
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The Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell
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The Rump Parliament is disbanded by Oliver Cromwell
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OLiver Cromwell declines the crown of England
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Death of Oliver Cromwell
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Richard Cromwell claimed sucessor of Oliver Cromwell
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Charles II proclaimed KIng of England
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Coranation of Charles II at Westminister Abbey
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The Fire of London was extinguished after two days.
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The steam engine is invented
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The seed drill was invented by Jethro Tull
This was a critical point of the agricultural revolution which freed labour from the fields and lowered crop prices. -
Seven years war
This compounded the debt situation -
The first Canal Act was passed by the British Parliament
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George III becomes King of England
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Treaty of Paris signed
Canada est of Missisipi river is now part of the British Empire. -
The spinning Jenny is invented
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Sugar act
doubling duties on foreign goods -
Boston merchants boycott British luxury goods
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Stamp act
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Stamp Act repealed
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Boston colonists are encouraged to arm themselves
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British trrops arrive in Boston
They come to Boston to enforce custom laws -
James Watt improves the steam engine
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Napoleon was born
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Boston Massacre
Four workers shot by British troops in Boston -
The Tea Act
Claiming a tax on all Tea -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonists boarded a British ship that had tons of tea and dumped all of the tea into the harbour -
The Boston Port Act
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Quebec Act
established a centrilized government in Canada controlled by the British -
Shots fired at Lexington and Concord
George Washington takes command of the Continental Army -
Louis XVI becomes King
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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American Revoloution gains support from King Louis XVI
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Thomas Jefferson presents the United States Declaration of Independance
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British arrive in New York
with many soldiers ready to crush the rebellion -
Members of Congress sign Declaration of Independance
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American victory at Battle of Saratoga
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France signs a treaty with the United States
The American Revoloution becomes a World War -
Congress approves of a peace plan
which means independance and Britains evacuation from America -
American victory at Yorktown
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British Army surrenders at Yorktown
This was a devestating defeat for the British -
English Parliament votes against further war in America
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British Parliament empowers King George to negotiate peace
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The treaty of Paris is signed by the United States and Britain
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Treat of Paris is ratified by Congress
In doing this the American Revolutionary War officially ends -
Napoleon enters Royal Military College
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Graduates military school
Graduates a second lieutenant -
Tennis Court Oath
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National Assembly declares itself Constituent
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Bastille Stormed
By a Paris mob -
Great Fear
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National Assembly decrees abolition of feudilism
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
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King Louis leaves Versaille
King Louis is brought from Versaille to Tullieres palace in Paris -
Removal of civil disabilities against Jews
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food riots in Paris
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Black citizens of French colonies are granted equal rights
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King flees to Austria
Gets caught at Varennes -
Elections are held
National assembly issues Constitution -
King accepts Constitution
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King vetoes ruling on emigre
This yet again showing how much poweer the king has -
France declares war on Austria and Prussia
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Kings trial begins
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King Louis XVI executed
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Reign of Terror begins
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Maximum price of bread imposed
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The siege of Troulon
Napoleon is promoted to Brigardier General -
Marie-Antoinette tried and executed
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Festival of Liberty and Reason
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Robespierre becomes virtually the dictator
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Danton is executed
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Napoleon marries Josephine
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Napoleon survives bomb plot
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The first electric battery capable of mass production was designed by William Cruickshank
was designed by William Cruickshank -
The Napoleonic code is established
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Napoleon becomes Emperor
New constitution creates an imperial monarchy -
Napoleoan crowned
Napoleon got crowned as Emperor by Pope Plus VII in Notre Dame Cathedral -
Continental Blockade begins
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Russians defeated
The Russians were defeated at Friedland. The Treaty of Tilst was signed between Czar Alexander I of Russia and Napoleon -
Napoleon divorces Josephine
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Napoleon's son is born
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The population of Manchester passed 100,000.
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Napoleon retreats
The Russian campaign where Napleon has to retrat for the first time and the Grand Army is destroyed -
Industrial employment overtook agricultural employment in England for the first time.
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Napoleon exiled
He is exiled to the Island of Elba -
Saftey Lamp invented
Sir Humphrey Davy invented a safety lamp for miners which prevented the flame from igniting mine gases thus saving the lives of thousands of miners. -
Napoleon escapes
He gathers his old armies in the south of France and marches into Paris. -
Napoleon dies
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The Reform Act
concerning elections to the British Parliament gave representation to the industrial cities. -
Samuel Morse invents the telegraph
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Elias Howe invents the sewing machine
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Britain celebrated its industrial achievements in the Great Exhibition.
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British industrial production doubled again.
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The `great stink´ of London dramatized the increasing pollution in the cities.
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Alfred Nobel creates dynamite
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Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
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Thomas Edison uses a light bulb to light a lamp
