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Nov 7, 1492
Columbus Sails to the Americas
Columbus was granted permission by Spain, to sail across the Atlantic Ocean to find India, but instead found the Americas. -
Apr 13, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
An agreement between Portugal and Spain that said that all lands west of the imaginary line in the Atlantic belonged to Spain, and everything on the east belonged to Portugal. -
Apr 13, 1521
Cortez Conquers the Aztecs
href='http://http://www.thenagain.info/webchron/americas/tordesillas.html' >Link</a> He marched his army of 600 men into the Aztec Empire. And afrter several battles, Cortes took over the Empire. -
Apr 13, 1543
Copernicus Presents The Heliocentric Theory
Found out that the Eartyh revolved aROUND THE SUN, ANd that made the Catholic Church very unhappy -
Apr 13, 1556
Philip II
href='http://http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/king-philip-ii-spain.htm' >Link</a> King Philip ruled Spain from 1556-1598. He ruled as an absolute monarch, and wanted Catholicism to be the dominant religion. -
Eddict of Nantes
href='http://http://www.french-at-a-touch.com/French_History/edict_of_nantes_[1589].htm' >Link</a> 1598 declaration in which French King Henry IV prmised that protastants could live in France. -
The English Settle In Jamestown
Some people from England recieved permission from the King, to create a settlement in North America. -
The Atlantic Slave Trade
href='http://http://africanhistory.about.com/od/slavery/tp/TransAtlantic001.htm' >Link</a> The Atlantic Slave Trade strarted because a lot of workers were needed in the new world to grow sugar and tobacco. -
Louis XIV of France Begins His Reign
Louis XIV came to power at 4 years old. He ruled absolutely at 23, and he efventually ruined it. -
Peter the Great
Peter the Great became the ruler of Russia in 1682, at age 17. He took power for himself. -
The Glorius Revolution
The bloodless overtyhrow of the English James II And his replacement by William and Mary -
Napolean
A very good general who, afrter the French rovolution, declred himself Emporer of France. After that, he was currupt, and was exiled twice. -
The French Revolution
When France's econimic system changed from an absolute monarchy. -
The Enlightenment
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The Declaration of the rights of man
It reflected the ideas of the enlightenment AND the declaration of independance.
Librety, Property, Security, and Resistance to Oppression Basic Rights
