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1469
Isabella & Fernindad unify spain
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Period: Jun 28, 1491 to Jan 28, 1547
Henry VIII rules in England
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Period: Nov 17, 1558 to
Elizabeth I reigns England
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Edict of Nantes
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Don Quixote is published
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Thirty Years War
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Petition of Right signed
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The Long Parliament
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Louis XIV rules as king of France
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Peace of Westphalia was signed
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Charles II regions England,Scotland and Ireland
King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until he died in 1685 -
Thomas Hobbes publishes “Leviathan”
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Peter the Great Rules as czar of Russia
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Glorious Revolution
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Bill of Rights signed
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John Locke publishes “Two Treaties of Government”
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Daniel Dafoe publishes "Robinson Crusoe"
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Jonathan Swift publishes “Gulliver’s Travels”
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Frederick II reigns Prussia
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Baron de Montesquie publishes "The Spirit of Laws"
The Spirit of Laws is one of the most influential books of all time. This masterpiece of political philosophy was widely read throughout Europe, attracted an especially enthusiastic readership in England, and had a profound effect on the framers of the American Constitution. -
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Denis Diderot publishes his “Encyclopedia”
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Seven Years War
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Voltaire publishes “Candid”
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George III reigns England
George III, who ruled between 1760 and 1820, was the first truly British monarch of the Hanoverian kings. -
Jean Jacques rousseau publishes "social contract"
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Catherine Great reigns Russia
Catherine the Great Established educational reform and extended Russia's borders in the largest territorial gain since Ivan the Great. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party helped accelerate and intensify colonial support for the American Revolution -
Intolerable Acts
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Battle of Lexington & Concord
It was the first battle of the Revolutionary War, both sides had losses but the Americans showed they would stand up. -
Adam Smith Publishes "Wealth of Nations"
Wealth of Nations is about humans needs to fulfill self interest in societal benefit. -
Declaration of Independence signed
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Period: to 90
Joseph II rules Austria
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Battle of Yorktown
The decisive engagement of the American Revolution -
Treaty of Paris
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US Constitution ratified
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Storming of the Bastille
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Tennis Court Oath
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Women’s march on Versailles
One of the most significant events of the French Revolution, eventually forcing the royals to return to Paris. -
Declaration of the Rights of Women
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Mary Wollstonecraft publishes “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”
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National Convention Formed
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Radical Phase (French Revolution)
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Committee of Public Safety
It was charged with protecting the new republic against its foreign and domestic enemies, fighting the First Coalition and the Vendée revolt. -
Reign of Terror (French Revolution)
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Five Man Directory
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Sabastian Bach height of his career
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Napoleon Bonaparte becomes Emperor
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Battle of Trafalgar
This battle helped seal Napoleon's eventual downfall and established England as a dominant naval power. -
Battle of Austerliz
The French victory at Austerlitz was Napoleon's masterpiece. It dramatically reversed his militarily and politically dangerous situation and secured his imperial regime -
Battle of Leipzig
It was the decisive defeat for Napoleon, destroying what was left of French power in Germany and Poland October 16-19,1813 -
Napoleon exiled to Elba
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Congress of Vienna
The first of a series of international meetings that came to be known as the Concert of Europe, an attempt to forge a peaceful balance of power in Europe -
Napoleon exiled to St. Helena
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Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre was the event leading to the Revolutionary War.