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3000 BCE
All Weather Roads
Were Created to Improve Year Round Transport & Trade -
1215
The Magna Carta
Was Signed Establishing the Foundations of English Rights -
1515
Nicolaus Copernicus
Developed the Heliocentric Theory -
1543
Galileo
Used the Telescope to Support the Proof of the Heliocentric Theory -
The Baroque Period
Began in Art, Music, & Architecture (Bach & Handel Were Composers) -
William Harvey
Showed That the Heart Acted as a Pump to Circulate Blood Throughout the Body -
Johannes Kepler
Discovered Planetary Motion -
The English Civil War
Began between the Roundheads (Supporters of Parliament) & the Cavilers (Supporters of the King) -
Charles I of England
Was Beheaded -
Thomas Hobbes
Published Leviathan - A Social Contract (People Give Up Rights to a Strong Ruler Who Maintains Order) -
Oliver Cromwell
Began His rule of England as the Lord Protector -
The Restoration of Charles II
The Monarchy Was Put Back in Control in England -
Peter I
Became the Czar of Russia -
The Palace of Versailles
Was Built Under the Reign of Louis XIV -
Isaac Newton
Published His Law of Gravity -
William & Mary
Became the Leaders of England (This is Referred to as the Glorious Revolution) -
John Locke
Published Two Treatises on Government - It Was His Theory of "Natural Rights" (Life, Liberty, & Property) -
The Age of Reason
The Enlightenment Began -
James II
Became the King if England -
St. Petersburg
Became the Capital of Russia Under Peter the Great -
Louis XIV
Became the King of France -
Louis XVI Was Executed
At the Guillotine -
The Westernization of Russia
Was Started by Peter the Great -
The Classical Period
Began in Art, Music, & Architecture (Haydn, Mozart, & Beethoven Were Composers) -
Montesquieu
Published On The Spirit of Laws - Detailing Separation of Powers in Government -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Wrote The Social Contract - Free Individuals Create a Society & Government -
The American Revolution
Began Which Was Heavily Influenced by the Age of Enlightenment -
Thomas Jefferson
Wrote the Declaration of Independence -
Francois-Marie Arouet
Changed His Name to Voltaire & Goes on to Champion Individual Freedoms -
The Constitution
Was Ratified on the Untied States -
The French Revolution
Began Having Been Influenced by the Enlightenment & the American Revolution -
The Storming of the Bastille
Was the Symbolic Start of the French Revolution -
The English Bill of Rights
Was Passed Laying Out Specific Rights on Parliament & Putting Limits on Royal Power -
The Bill of Rights
The First 10 Amendments Were Added to the Constitution of the United States -
Marie Antoinette Was Executed
At the Guillotine -
The Reign of Terror
Marked a Period of Mass Executions During the French Revolution -
Edward Jenner
Introduced a Vaccine to Prevent Small Pox -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Seized Power in France in a Coup D'Etat -
Eugene Delacroix
Began the Transition of Art to the Romantic School -
The Novel
Became a New From of Literature (Miguel Cervantes Wrote Don Quixote)
