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The Magna Carta was a document that limited the power of kings in Britain
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The Renaissance was a time of growing knowledge for the poor,
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The printing press made books cheaper and easier to afford for the poor.
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The Wars of the Roses were a series of civil wars fought in medieval England
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Isabella was convinced by Christopher Columbus to sponsor his voyage of discovery.
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Michelangelo made the famous work of art Pietà
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Reformation started when Martin Luther wrote the 95 theses which were against the churches bad practices
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Elizabeth was said to be out in the park, sitting under an oak tree when recieved the news of Mary's death and her becoming of queen.
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Galileo Galilei was the first to use a telescope to study the skies, he discovered that the surface of the Moon is irregular, that the Milky Way is composed of stars, and that Jupiter has moons
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When Isaac Newton saw an apple fall in his orchard, he was conceived that the same force governed the motion of the Moon and the apple. He calculated the force needed to hold the Moon in its orbit, as compared with the force pulling an object to the ground.
