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Period: 1300 to
Renaissance
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1305
1300 - 1400 Proto-Renaissance.
Giotto completes his work on the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. -
1308
1300 - 1400 Proto-Renaissance
Dante writes his epic poem the Divine Comedy. -
1485
1400 - 1500 Early Renaissance
Henry VII becomes king of England beginning the reign of the House of Tudor. -
1495
1495 - 1527 High Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci paints the Last Supper -
1527
1527-1600 Mannerism Renaissance
Rome is sacked by the troops of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. -
1550
Age of absolutism
period after exploration providing European nations with vast overseas empires and wealth that strengthens the kings into absolute monarchs and the exploring
nations into superpowers, but causes external conflicts, such as religious and colonial
wars, and internal conflicts, such as revolutions and civil wars, as kings got so powerful. -
Period: 1550 to
Age of Absolutism
Philip sent a fleet of 130 massive Spanish warships armed with
3,000 cannons to crush England, but poor weather and Sir Francis Drake's smaller faster ships destroyed the Spanish Armada-1588 -
Period: 1550 to
Age of absolutism
asked for Parliament's support of when the Act of Supremacy
created the Church of England -
Period: 1550 to
Age of absolutism
inherited high taxes and debt,but continued France's luxury, then lost 7 Years War which gave England Canada and split Louisiana between
England and Spain, so France lost all New World money -
Period: 1550 to
Age of absoutism
asked for Parliament's support of when the Act of Supremacy
created the Church of England -
Period: to
Enlightment
Rousseau published The Social Contract, Emile. Attempt to unite the liberty of the individual with the authority of the government. Emile was important for education -
Period: to
American Revolution
Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War (1754-1763). Canada east of the Mississippi River added to the British empire. -
Period: to
American Revolution
The Proclamation of 1763 issued by King George III after the end of the French and Indian War / Seven Years' War to organize the new North American empire and stabilize relations with Native Americans. No British settlements allowed west of the Appalachian mountains. Settlers already in these areas required to return east -
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American Revolution
Patrick Henry presents seven Virginia Resolutions claiming that only the Virginia assembly can legally tax Virginia residents -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
Richard Arkwright invented the water frame, which hooked up spinning machines to a water wheel. -
Period: to
Napoleonic Era
Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Corsica -
Period: to
American Revolution
The Quebec Act establishing a centralized government in Canada controlled by the British and extending the southern boundary of Canada into territories claimed by Massachusetts, Connecticut and Virginia. -
Period: to
American Revolution
Richard Henry Lee from Virginia delegate presents a formal resolution to the Continental Congress for America to declare its independence from Britain. -
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American Revolution
American troops under Benedict Arnold defeat the British at Ridgefield, Connecticut -
Period: to
Enlightment
Immanuel Kant publishes his Critique of Pure Reason, his analysis of the human mind and how it relates to nature. -
Period: to
Enlightment
emmanuel Kant publishes his Critique of Pure Reason, his analysis of the human mind and how it relates to nature. -
Napoleonic Era
Napoleon graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in the artillery. -
Period: to
Napoleonic Era
Napoleon graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in the artillery -
French revolution
The Third Estate (commoners) declares the National Assembly -
French Revolution
A large group of women (and men) march from Paris to Versailles to demand lower bread prices. They force the king and queen to move back to Paris. -
Period: to
Enlightment
Olympe de Gouges published a Declaration of the Rights of Woman. -
French revolution
France declares war against Austria. -
French revolution
The Committee of Public Safety is formed. It will rule France during the Reign of Terror. -
French revolution
King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine. -
Period: to
Enlightment
Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason was written. Condorcet wrote The Progress of the Human Mind. -
Period: to
Napoleonic Era
Under the command of Admiral Nelson, the British fleet destroys the French navy in the Battle of the Nile. Napoleon's army is cut off from supplies and communication -
Period: to
Industrial Revoultion
Combination Acts make it illegal in England for workers to unionize in order to bargain for higher pay or better working conditions. -
Period: to
French revolution
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Period: to
Napeoeonic Era
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Period: to
Industrial Revolution
Parliament passes law making it illegal by penalty of death to destroy industrial machines. -
Period: to
Industrial revoultion
Stephenson’s Rocket wins the speed contest on the new Liverpool to Manchester railroad. 51 miles of railroad track in Great Britain and the entire world. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
British government sets up the General Board of Health to investigate sanitary conditions, setting up local boards to ensure safe water in cities. -
Period: to
Age of Absolutism
Henry IV: ruled during the shock of the Protestant Reformation and used Edict of Nantes to declare religious toleration in France, but was murdered by a religious fanatic
