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4000 BCE
All weather roads
were created to improve year round transport and trade -
1215
Magna Carta
signed establishing the foundations of english rights -
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
Developed the heliocentric theory -
1543
Galilieo
proved the heliocentric theory with the telescope -
The Baroque Period
began in art, music, and architecture -
johannes kepler
discovered planetary motion -
william harvey
the heart circulates blood through the body -
palace of versailles
built under the reghn of Louis XIV -
Charles I of England
was beheaded -
english civil war
began between the roundheads and the cavaliers -
Louis XIV
became king in France -
the restoration of Charles II
the monarchy was put back in control in England -
thomas Hobbes
published Leviathan – social contract (people give up rights to a
strong ruler who maintains order) -
oliver cromwell
began leading england as the lord protecter -
Peter I
became czar of russia -
James II
became the king of England -
isaac newton
published his law of gravity -
William and Mary
became the leaders of england (Glorious revolution) -
the english bill of rights
was passed laying out specific rights on Parliament
and putting limits on royal power -
john locke
published Two Treatises on Government -
St. Petersburg
became the capital of russia under peter the great. -
Age of reason
the enlightment began -
westernization of russia
started by peter the great -
The Classical Period
began in art, music, and architecture (Haydn, Mozart, and
Beethoven were composers) -
Montesquieu
published on the spirit of laws -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
wrote the social contract to free individuals and create a society and government. -
Francois-Marie arouet
changed his name to Voltaire and goes on to champion
individual freedoms -
the american revolution
began which was heavily influenced by the Age of
Enlightenment -
thomas Jefferson
wrote the decloration of independance -
the constitution
was rattified on the united states -
Eugene Delacroix
began the transition of art to the Romantic School -
The Storming of the Bastille
the start of the french revolution -
The french revolution
began having been influenced by the Enlightenment and
the American Revolution -
The Bill of rights
the first ten amendments was added to the constitution of the united states -
Louis XVI was executed
was executed at the Guilliotone -
Marie Antoinette was executed
was executed at the guillotine -
the reign of terror
marked a period of mass executions during the French
Revolution -
Edward Jenner
introduced vaccine to prevent small pox -
Napoleon Bonaparte
seiz´d power in france -
The novel
became a new form of literature (Miguel Cervantes wrote Don Quixote)
