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Period: 1300 to
Renaissance
The Renaissance was doing 1300 -1700. It is regarded as the cultural bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history. It started as a culture movement in Italy and spread to Europe. -
1346
The Black Death
The Black Death was known as "The Plague". A disease that swept across Europe and killed millions. It was described as the worst natural disaster in European history. -
1374
Death of Petrarch
The death of the man known as the father of the Renaissance. He was an Italian scholar and poet in Renaissance Italy. -
1452
Birth of Leonardo da Vinci.
Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452. He was known a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer and draftsman. Leonardo was known for his enduring works "The Last Supper" and the "Mona Lisa." -
1503
Pope Julius II
Pope Julius was born Giuliano della Rovere, and nicknamed "The Fearsome Pope" and "The Warrior Pope".He was appointed Pope at the start of "The Golden Age" -
1509
Henry VIII succeeds to power in England.
Henry VIII was King of England from 1509 – 1547. He was known for breaking England away from the Roman Catholicism church and having six wives. He caused two of his wives to be executed for not producing a male child,one dying during child birth, the others divorcing them, but only one outliving him. He was known as a "monster" by others because of his actions. -
Period: 1550 to
Age of Absolutism.
Age of Absolutism is period of European history in which monarchs successfully gathered the wealth and power of the state to themselves. -
1555
Philip II
Philip fought religious wars against Protestant England and Netherlands for supporting the Protestant Reformation. He helped extend Spanish influence, and built the Spanish Armada for an invasion of England.They lost and Spanish power declined. -
1556
Charles V
Charles V was the King of Spain & Holy Roman Emperor. He made Spain super by taking gold/silver from the New World, but used wealth to fight religious wars. -
1564
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei was considered the father of modern science. He made contributions to the fields of physics, astronomy, cosmology, mathematics and philosophy. He also invented an improved the telescope. -
Charles I
Charles l was an abusive leader. He forced to sign the Petition of Right shutout parliament, and forced to summon to raise funds for war. -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, astronomer, theologian and physicist.He is credited as one of the great minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution -
Louis XIV
Louis XIV was known as "The Sun King". He was an absolute ruler, lavish spending, but drove France into the ground. -
John Locke
John Lock was an English philosopher of therearly Age of Enlightenment. He was known as "Father of Liberalism". -
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Enlightenment
a movement by European politics, philosophy, science and communications. They questioned traditional authority and embraced the notion that humanity could be improved through rational change. -
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine was a political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. -
Frederick the Great
Frederick II was King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786. He was the longest reign of any Hohenzollern king -
The Seven Years War
The name given to the American theater of a massive conflict involving Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Sweden was called the Seven Years War.The French and Indian War, as it was referred to in the colonies, was the beginning of open hostilities between the colonies -
Catherine the Great
Catherine reorganized government, codified law, state-sponsored education, embodied western ideas. She gained a water port by defeating the Turks on the Black Sea partitioned Poland among Prussia, Austria, and Russia. -
The Sugar Act
On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act, which was about to expire. Colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
The Currency Act
The colonies suffered a constant shortage of currency with which to conduct trade.The Act sought to protect British merchants and creditors from being paid in depreciated colonial currency. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was Parliament's first serious attempt to assert governmental authority over the colonies. The bill was passed on February 17. It was approved by the Lords on March 8th, and two weeks later ordered in effect by the King. -
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American Revolution
The American Revolution was a a war fought between Great Britain and the original 13 British colonies in North America. The Continental Army, led by George Washington, helped by France and other powers, defeated the armies of the British Empire. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed. The Boston Massacre was a signal event leading to the Revolutionary War. -
The Boston Tea Party
On December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor. They threw 342 chests of tea overboard. -
Women's march on Versailles
A mob of Parisian women stormed through Versailles demanding Louis XVI end the nationwide food shortage. They also demanded the royal family return to Paris. -
Storming the Bastille
The people decided to defend the city and marched to the Bastille prison for gunpowder. They fought until the prison surrendered. This saved the National Assembly. It is now called the "Bastille Day" and is France's Independence Day. -
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French Revolution
The French Revolution began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s. It was carried forward by Napoleon Bonaparte during the later expansion of the French Empire. The French Revolution was influenced by Enlightenment ideals.The revolution played a critical role in shaping nations even though it failed to achieve all of is goals. -
Dissolution of the National Assembly
The National Assembly was dissolved and replaced by a new political body named the Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Assembly was composed of various political factions, ranging from moderate royalists to radical republicans. -
Attack on the Tuileries Palace
The Austrian army and its Prussian allies started advancing into the French territory.The Legislative Assembly was divided and Paris was getting radicalized. -
Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre established himself as the leader of the Reign of Terror. He wanted to rid France of all enemies of the Revolution and to protect the “virtue” of the nation. From September 1793 to July 1794, an estimated 16,000 people were guillotined. -
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Napoleonic Era
Napoleon was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and hes associated wars in Europe. He overthrew the Directory and established the French Consulate. -
Emperor of the French Empire
Napoleon is crowned in a very fancy ceremony at the Notre Dame in Paris. He is named Emperor of the French Empire. -
First Born Son
Napoleons first son is born in March of 1811. He is Napoleon II, called "The King of Rome" by Napoleon. -
Exiled in Elba.
Europe unites against Napoleon, his is forced to give up the throne and go to Elba.His wife and son are forced to leave Paris they go to live in Austria. -
Returns to France to fight again.
After forced to going to Elba, Napoleon goes back to France to try and gain control of the army and the government again. At the Battle of Waterloo British and Prussians defeat France in June. -
Gives up the throne again
After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon gives up the throne again. He is sent away to Saint Helena in the South Atlantic. -
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Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. -
Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse invented the telegraph in 1844.Telegraphs allowed messages to be sent quickly over a wire. By 1860, telegraph wires stretch from the east coast of the United States west of the Mississippi River. -
Sewing Machine.
Elias Howe invented the sewing machine in 1849. At the time people had to make their own clothes at home or pay someone else to sew them by hand. After Howe invents the sewing machine,clothes can be made in large factories. -
Elevator safety break.
Elevators were invented by 1853 but many worried about them falling. Elisha Otis invented the elevator safety break to prevent them from falling and make people worry less. -
Alfred Nobe
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.Dynamite is important in clearing paths to build things such as roads and railroad tracks. -
Vaccines for Diseases
Louis Pasteur developed vaccines for diseases.He created vaccines that helped prevent many common diseases, which helped people live longer.
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