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Changes during the Renaissance were both social and artistic. The style of building changed from gothic to realistic. Royalty was overthrown becuase parliament wanted rights.
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The Bubonic Plague was a viscous disease which, when it had run its' course, between 25% and 50% of Europe had fallen.
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In 1440, Gutenberg invented the printing press. The printing press, with a few refinements and increased mechanization, remained the main means of printing until the twentieth century.
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The Pope asked that Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Vatican, even though Michelangelo insisted he was a sculptor. Eventually he agreed, and is a beautiful painting though no one knows who the characters are.
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Columbus sailed the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria hoping to head toward Asia from Spain, but ended up in America.
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Martin Luther posted the 95 theses, "rules" of the Lutheran church.
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Martin Luther was not the first to translate the Bible, but his was by far the best translation of the German writing.
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The war was because of miserable economic times between peasants and rich.
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Hernando De Soto traveled to the deep United States for one of the first times and discovered the Mississippi River.
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The Gunpowder Plot began with discontent of the treatment of Catholics in England.
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Since Galileo invented the telescope, we have a better understanding of our Universe.
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The first King James Bible was England's authorized version of the bible.
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Both Shakespeare and Cervantes were talented and brilliant writers who had a lot in common.
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The age before enlightenment, age of monarchs, was between 1648 and 1789.
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Thomas Savery, Thomas Newcomen, James Watt invented the first steam engine.
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King Louis XVI became the King in 1774 and his reign ended in 1791. He was 20 years old when he came to the throne, and he immediately remitted some of the most oppressive taxes and instituted financial and judicial reforms. Eventually, he was condemned to death by the people of France.
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George Washington lead us in the American Revolution as our first president, while we were fighting for freedom from Great Britain. The war lasted from 1775 until 1783.
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The French Revolution began with the meeting of the States General in May.
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Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston invented the steam boat. By 1814, regular ferry and steam boat rides were offered which traveled at 8 mph downstream and 3 mph upstream.
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The potato famine began from an air born fungus. The famine led to 1.5 million Irish immigrating to the U.S.
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Elias Howe and Isaac Singer invented the sewing machine in 1850. The machine was invented before in 1755, but did not go into mass production until the Singer Sewing Machine was invented in 1850.
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The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, a naval base in Hawaii, a North American territory, causing us to become involved in WWII on both sides of the country.
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Doomsday, June 6, 1944, was when American soldiers cracked the grip of Nazi's on western europe.
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Tibbets flew this plane which dropped the first atomic bomb over Japan.