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1517
The Reformation.
Martin Luther was the first person to express protests against the Catholic Church.
His followers formed a separate church and the became the first Protestants. Salter. C. (2012). Europe and Russia. Florida. U.S.A. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. -
1540
Scientific Revolution.
About 1540 and 1700 started a new way of study the world. This was part of the Scientific Revolution, the series of events that led to the birth of modern science. Salter. C. (2012). Europe and Russia. Florida. U.S.A. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Recovered from: https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/what-were-the-inventions-during-the-scientific-revolution -
Galileo Galilei
An Italian scientist. He said that the Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the Sun.
In 1632, the Inquisition in Rome condemned him for heresy. Recovered from: http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=32949 -
Isaac Newton
He established three new natural laws of motion.
He described an orderly world under a single set of laws. Recovered from: https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/turning/pdf/Newton.pdf -
English Bill of Rights.
A document that listed rights for Parliament and the English people.
And it guaranteed free speech for members of Parliament.
It gave Parliament the power to pass laws and to raise taxes. Salter. C. (2012). Europe and Russia. Florida. U.S.A. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. -
John Locke.
He proposed the theory of knowledge. Mind of tabula rasa.
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Enlightenment
It was a philosophical movement because it changed the way the people think.
With this movement the church started to going down.
In the 17th and 18th centuries. -
Seven Years War.
It was the first truly global war. France vs. Great Britain.
About the 1756 and 1763 British wanted to expand the original 13 colonies. -
Boston Tea Party.
By the taxes increase of the tea, the colonists organized a protest and the refused to pay the tea taxes.
So, they boarded British ships in Boston, and they threw to the sea the boxes of tea. Recovered from: https://www.slideshare.net/AyenurIk/boston-tea-party-56355807 -
American Revolution.
In 1774 the 13 colonies organized the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
About the 1775 and 1783 started the open fight of Independence.
And in July 1776 was signed the Declaration of Independence, and a new nation, the U.S. was born.
In 1783 the United States officially won its Independence. Salter. C. (2012). Europe and Russia. Florida. U.S.A. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Recovered from: https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/illustrated-timeline-american-revolution
