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1543
The creation of new theories.
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1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
He started the Scientific Revolution when he started working on the heliocentric model. The model proved that the sun was the center of the solar system and not the earth, this caused a huge discontent among the society. -
Period: 1550 to
Scientific Revolution
Geographical Location: Started in Western Europe. -
1570
Modern scientific method was refined. (observations, hypothesis, experiments, analysis and conclusion)
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1572
Discovery of planets rotation and organization.
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Tycho Brahe
He believed the earth was motionless and also the center of the solar system. To prove his theory he invented new instruments in order to observe the movement of the planets. -
Johannes Kepler
He worked as Brahe's assistant but was never convinced by his theory. He also believed the sun was the center of the solar system and used Brahe’s instruments to prove this statement. By investigating he found out the planetary orbits were elliptical and the sun was the focus of this ellipse. -
The Thirty Year War
The Enlightenment started because of the Thirty years war, a horrible one. -
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Enlightenment
Started in Britain and spread to France. -
The Enlightenment thinkers
One of the main issues of the Enlightenment was that many people did not agree with what the Enlightenment thinkers thought, so they had an issue there. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
He was a very famous composer in the age of the Enlightenment, he revolutionized the music as we know it, his music change the world, and even today he is very well known. -
Olympe De Gouges
She was a French feminist and a reformer in the years of the Enlightenment, she articulated of woman with her declaration of the “Rights of woman and the female citizen”. -
Denis Diderot
He was a French scholar, he made the Encyclopédie, along with some of the English thinkers. -
George Washington
George Washington: Was the first president of the United States of America and commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolution. He is often considered as the “father of the United States. -
Tension between the Americans and British
Tensions between the American colonies and the British government approached the breaking point. Patriot leaders formed a shadow revolutionary government and trained militias to prepare for war against the British. -
King George III
Ruled the British kingdom through the American Revolutionary War after which the colonies gained independence. He was Great Britain’s longest reigning monarch at the time. -
Benjamin Franklin
Was a Founding Father and a polymath, inventor, scientist, printer, politician, freemason and diplomat. Franklin helped draft the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, and he negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War. -
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American Revolution
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The Battle of Saratoga
Two significant battles during September and October of 1777, was a crucial victory for the Patriots during the American Revolution and is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War. -
The Peace of Paris
Articles of peace were signed on November 30, 1782, and the Peace of Paris ended the U.S. War of Independence. Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States. -
Napoleon´s Great Army
Napoleon´s great empire invade the major part of Europe, by the help of the most powerful army at the time, that was France. After being named the general of the army at 1785. -
End of the Enlightenment
The end of the Enlightenment was caused by the French Revolution. -
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French Revolution
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King Louis XVI
He was the King from 1774 to 1792 and during the French Revolution he was deposed and executed a year later in 1793. -
Jacques-Pierre Brissot
He was a member of the French National Convention and Legislative Assembly and believe in the idea of a constitutional monarchy. -
Maximilien Robespierre
He was the leader of the Jacobins who fight for liberty and equality. -
issues/Outcomes
The French Revolution inspire other countries to make their revolution.
The monarchy was removed and other forms of government came to the country.
There was more freedom and equality in the country. -
Napoleón Bonaparte
Was a military government that release the invasions of the french revolution. He make that France, has a powerful army, with the capacity of controlling Europe. -
Alexander I
The emperor of Russia. He was part of the alliance that defeated with the empire, but for a time he was a Napoleon´s allie. -
Louis XVIII:
The king who had the throne after the fall of Napoleonic Empire in 1814. -
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Napoleonic Empire
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Spain Invasion
The invasion to Spain in 1808 created that the American colonies, had the opportunity to be independent, by cause that Spain needed to sent the armies to Europe. -
Russia, England and Prussia Alliance
-In 1813 alliance made by Russia, England and Prussia finish with Napoleon and his empire. -
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