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  • Jan 1, 1543

    Scientific Revolution

    Scientific Revolution
    1. Historians used the Scientific Revolution to describe how modern science emerged during the early modern period, when new developments in mathematics, physics, biology and chemistry changed the views of society about nature. Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei and Francis Bacon. Nicolas Copernicus was the first to realize that the Earth and the other planets revolved around the sun. Francis Bacon is the father of the “Scientific Method”. Galileo Galilei constructed the telescope.

  • Enlightenment

    Enlightenment
    Era in which an intellectual and scientific movement took place throughout Europe and later in North America. The enlightment relied more on scientific than what religion said as it was accustomed. John Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu. At the time new ways of study were started and being applied, such as the literature, philosophy, science and increasing of the art. This gave freedom to the people so they can live freely by their own terms. Diderot wrote and published the “Encyclopédie”

  • American Revolution

    American Revolution
    1765 and 1783.

    Rough political change where colonists rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy, they threw the british authority

    Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson.
    The first battles of the American Revolution were fought at Lexington and Concord, making them the first armed conflicts between UK and USA German soldiers made up around one third of the British troops. After the colonists declared independence in 1776, France joined on their side.

  • French Revolution

    French Revolution
    Description: The french revolution was started by the french society who was tired of years of feudal oppression and fiscal mismanagement
    Dates: 1789 – 1799
    Important Characters: France’s King: Louis XVI, France’s Queen: Marie Antoinette, Napoleon Bonaparte
    Facts: Over 18,000 people were beheaded at the time of the event by the guillotine. Peasants had to pay taxes to the nobles while the nobility was exempted from paying taxes. 10,000 African slaves were set free after the revolution.

  • Napoleonic Empire

    Napoleonic Empire
    Description: Napoleon crowned himself as France’s first ever emperor and launches expansion campaign for his empire.
    Dates: 1798 - 1821
    Location in the map:
    3 important characters: Napoleon Bonaparte, Alexander l, Jacques-Louis David
    3 important facts: Napoleon’s first wife barely escaped execution, Napoleon’s Army discovered the Rosetta Stone, The showdown was delayed due to rain.

  • Citations

    American Revolution Facts. (n.d.). Retrieved January 16, 2017, from http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/american-revolution/facts.html Scientific Revolution. (n.d.). Retrieved January 16, 2017, from http://www.encyclopedia.com/science-and-technology/physics/science-general/scientific-revolutions Admin. (2011, November 19). 21 fun facts about the french revolution. Retrieved January 16, 2017, from http://www.this-is-france.com/21-fun-facts-about-the-french-revolution/

  • Citations

    LLC, S. (2016). The french revolution (1789–1799). Retrieved January 16, 2017, from http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/frenchrev/summary.html Retrieved January 16, 2017, from http://www.encyclopedia.com/philosophy-and-religion/philosophy/philosophy-terms-and-concepts/enlightenment Szalay, J., & Contributor, L. S. What was the enlightenment? Retrieved January 16, 2017, from http://www.livescience.com/55327-the-enlightenment.html

  • Citations

    Paula. (2016, December 5). Enlightenment facts. Retrieved January 16, 2017, from http://www.paulamuran.com/blog/enlightenment-facts/ Submitted, & Mason, E. (2017). 7 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Napoleonic wars. Retrieved January 17, 2017, from http://www.historyextra.com/article/international-history/7-surprising-facts-about-napoleonic-wars-waterloo-napoleon