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1550
Nicholas Copernicus stated a heliocentric cosmos.
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Period: 1550 to
Scientific Revolution
Location: Europe -
1572
Tycho Brahe discovered a new star that could be seen even at day.
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Period: to
Enlightenment
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John Locke
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Isaac Newton proposed a mechanical universe
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Outcomes of the Scientific Revolution
The thinking of humans changed completely after this revolution.
They discovered how the earth moves around the universe and the other planets.
Government and church weren't very happy of this event. -
Isaac Newton
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Most of European states had developed a system of courts to deal with the punishment of crime.
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Voltaire fought against religious intolerance in France
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Period: to
American Revolution
Location: United States -
Benjamin Franklin
He was able to persuade the French to support the colonial effort with large amounts of money, supplies, and manpower, including ships and experienced military leaders. -
Adam Smith
Economist and philosopher -
George Washington
Washington took the bold and controversial move to have soldiers in his army inoculated against smallpox infection using a technique called variolation. -
Outcome: The start of the Enlightenment
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Andrew Jackson
Jackson began to travel with American troops and participated in the assault on the small British post of Hanging Rock. -
American Revolution battles
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Outcomes of the American Revolution
The 1787 Constitutional Convention resulted in the elimination of the Articles of Confederation and the formation of a new, more effective government and constitution. Foreign policy issues, newspaper wars, and partisan politics threatened to destroy the new nation in its infancy. America’s first attempt at organized government was the ill-conceived Articles of Confederation. This government gave the new “states” too much power and was insufficient as a means of governing a nation. -
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French Revolution
Location: France -
Jacques-Louis David
He served briefly as its artistic director and painted its leaders and martyrs and also he painted the historical events. -
French revolutionary wars
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Maximilien Robespierre
He was one of the Jacobin leaders during the French Revolution.
He also abolished slavery. -
The Reign of Terror
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Period: to
Napoleonic Empire
Location: Europe -
Napoleon I
He brought stability to the country after the French war ended. He reinstalled the Roman Catholicism as the official religion. He created reforms. -
Alexander I
Czar and emperor of Rusia from 1801 to 1825. He signed a treaty with Napoleon but was a member of the alliance that defeated Napoleon. -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Emperor of the French empire from 1804 to 1814. His strategy in combat changed the way we fight wars today. Crowned himself emperor of France in 1804. -
Although many philosophes attacked the christian churches most europeans were still Christians.
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Austerlitz
December 2, 1805, date when napoleon defeated the Austrian and Russian armies. Russia retreated back and Austria surrendered and gave their territory of Venetia. -
Berlin Decree
In 1806, Napoleon announced the continental decree. -
Napoleon's Empire
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Treaty of Chaumont
Treaty that says that the countries of Russia, Prussia, Austria and Britain would stop France if it got too powerful again. -
Gebhard Blucher
Prussian field marshal that defeated Napoleon on the battle of Waterloo.
