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1871 BCE
The French Revolution
began having been influenced by the Enlightenment and the American Revolution -
18 BCE
The age of reasons
(the enlightenment) began -
1215
The magna carta
was signed establishing the foundation of English rights -
1532
Nicolaus Copernicus
developed the heliocentric theory -
1545
Montesquieu
published On the Spirit of Laws – detailing separation of powers in government -
The Baroque Period
began in art, music, and architecture (Bach and Handel were composers) -
Johannes Kepler
discovered planetary motion -
All weather roads
All weather roads were created to improve year round transport and trade -
William Harvey
Showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body. -
Louis XIV
became the king of France -
Charles I of England
was beheaded -
Oliver Cromwell
began his rule of England as the lord protector -
The english civil war
began between the roundheads (supporters of parliament) and the cavaliers(supporters of the king) -
The restoration of Charles II
the monarchy was put back in control in England -
Peter I
became the czar of Russia -
Thomas Hobbes
social contract( people give up rights to a strong ruler who maintains order) -
James II
because the king of England -
Isaac Newton
Published his law of gravity -
The englsh bill of rights
was passed laying out specific rights on parliament and putting limits on royal power -
John locke
published Two Treatises on Government - it was his theory of “natural rights” (life, liberty, and property) -
William and Mary
became the leaders of England (this is referred to as the glorious revolution). -
The American Revolution
began which was heavily influenced by the Age of Enlightenment -
The novel
became a new form of literature (Miguel Cervantes wrote Don Quixote) -
The westernization of Russia
was stared by peter the great -
Francois-Marie Arouet
changed his name to Voltaire and goes on to champion individual freedoms -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
wrote The Social Contract – free individuals create a society and government -
The Constitution
was ratified on the United States -
The palace of Versailles
was built under the reign of Louis XIV -
The Storming of the Bastille
was the symbolic start of the French Revolution -
The Bill of Rights
(first 10 amendments) was added to the Constitution of the United States -
Louis XVI was executed
at the guillotine -
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 -
Eugene Delacroix
began the transition of art to the Romantic School -
Napoleon Bonaparte
seized power in France in a coup d’etat -
The Classical Period
began in art, music, and architecture (Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven were composers) -
Thomas Jefferson
wrote the Declaration of Independence -
St. Petersburg
became the capital of Russia under peter the great -
Galileo
Used the telescope to support the proof of the heliocentric theory.
