Absolutism and Revolution

  • King Ferdinand and Isabella unite Spain
    1469

    King Ferdinand and Isabella unite Spain

    King Ferdinand and Isabella united Spain when they married and helped forge the modern world.
  • Period: 1509 to 1547

    Henry VIII reigns over England

    Henry VIII ruled over England for 36 years and brought England into the Protestant Reformation.
  • Period: 1557 to

    Elizabeth I reign over England

    Elizabeth I reign over England for 45 years and restored Protestantism and defeated the Spanish Armada.
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    The Edict of Nantes

    The Edict of Nantes was one of the first decrees of religious tolerance and gave anyone religious rights and freedoms.
  • The publication of Don Quixote

    The publication of Don Quixote

    Don Quixote was published by Miguel de Cervantes' and is considered one of the greatest novels of all time.
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    Thirty Years War

    The Thirty Years War changed the map of Europe and the ended with the Treaty of Westphalia.
  • Petition of Rights signed

    Petition of Rights signed

    The Petition of Right was a paper sent by the English Parliament to King Charles I to complain about the laws.
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    The Long Parliament

    The Long Parliament met after the short parliament and helped the king out and the country.
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    King Louis XIV reigns over France

    Louis XIV reigned over France and brought financial reorganisation and worked to boost trade.
  • Peace of Westphalia signed

    Peace of Westphalia signed

    The Peace of Westphalia marked the end of the Thirty Year's War and created the framework for international relations.
  • Leviathan

    Leviathan

    Leviathan was published by Thomas Hobbes and helped shape Western political thinking.
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    Charles II reign over England

    Charles II reign over England, Scotland, and Ireland and was known as the Merry Monarch because of the liveliness of his court.
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    Peter the Great rules as Czar of Russia

    Peter the Great ruled over Russian and founded St. Petersburg and created the Russian Navy.
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    The Glorious Revolution

    The Glorious Revolution was a bunch of events that happened during the exile of King James II.
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

    The English Bill of Rights was an act of the English Parliament and established free elections and freedom of speech within Parliament.
  • The Two Treatise of Government

    The Two Treatise of Government

    The Two Treatises of Government was published by John Locke and proposed the government emerge to protect their natural rights.
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    Johann Sebastian Bach career high

    Bach career high included him creating thousands of pieces of music and becoming famous.
  • The publication of Robinson Crusoe

    The publication of Robinson Crusoe

    Robinson Crusoe was written by Daniel Defoe and is about a man who is planning to buy slaves when his shipwrecks on an island.
  • Gulliver's Travels

    Gulliver's Travels

    The Gulliver's Travels was published by Jonathan Swift and is an adventure story about him going on many voyages and discovering islands.
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    Frederick II reigns over Prussia

    Frederick II ruled over Prussia and lead them through many wars and transformed the kingdom into a modern state.
  • The Spirit of the Laws

    The Spirit of the Laws

    It was published by Baron de Montesquieu and is about three different types of governments.
  • Candid published

    Candid published

    Candid was published by Voltaire and is an adventure story, a picaresque, and a satire.
  • The publication of the Encyclopedia

    The publication of the Encyclopedia

    The Encyclopedia was published by André le Breton and translated by Denis Diderot.
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    Seven Years War

    The Seven Years' War was the first global war fought in Europe, India, America, and at sea.
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    King George III reigns over England

    King George III ruled over England and led them to victory in the Seven Years' War and lost America in the American Revolution.
  • The Social Contract published

    The Social Contract published

    The Social Contract was published by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and was a theory that people are free when they are governed by their own laws.
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    Catherine the Great reigns over Russia

    Catherine the Great ruled over Russia for 34 years and westernized Russia.
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    Joseph II reigns over Austria

    Joseph II reigned over Austria and ended serfdom and established religious equality before the law.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was when British sentries shot a crowd of civilians while guarding the Boston Customs House.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party was a protest where they dump tea into the harbor because they were mad at the British for imposing "taxation without representation."
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    The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable acts were acts that His Majesty put on the colonists to reassert his authority.
  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    It was a battle that kicked off the American Revolutionary War and was fought in two different towns.
  • The publication of the Wealth of Nations

    The publication of the Wealth of Nations

    It was published by Adam Smith and is about the rational self-interest and competition that can lead to economic prosperity.
  • The signing of the Declaration of Independence

    The signing of the Declaration of Independence

    The Declaration of Independence was the official document that made the United States a new country.
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    Battle of Yorktown

    The battle was a three-week siege where the British troops surrendered to the Continental Army.
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    Battle of Yorktown

    The Battle of Yorktown is where Washington defeated Charles Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    The Treaty of Paris was signed and ended the American Revolution and recognized the United States as an independent nation
  • U.S. Constitution ratified

    U.S. Constitution ratified

    The U.S. Constitution was ratified and made the colonies states.
  • Tennis Court Oath

    Tennis Court Oath

    The Tennis Court Oath was an oath taken by men of the National Assembly never to stop meeting until a constitution had been established.
  • Storming out of Bastille

    Storming out of Bastille

    The Storming out of the Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution and attacked an iconic public building.
  • The Declaration of the Rights of Man

    The Declaration of the Rights of Man

    The Declaration of the Rights of Man was a document that expressed Universal human rights.
  • Women's March on Versailles

    Women's March on Versailles

    The Women's March on Versailles besieged the palace and was a violent confrontation.
  • The Declaration of the Rights of Woman

    The Declaration of the Rights of Woman

    The Declaration of the Rights of Woman is based of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and is dedicated to Marie Antoinette.
  • A Vindication of the Rights of Women

    A Vindication of the Rights of Women

    A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was published by Mary Wollstonecraft and it argues that women should have equal rights and should have an education.
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    The Radical Phase of the French Revolution

    The Radical Phase is where most of the horrible things to place int the revolution and was ruled by the Committee for Public Safety.
  • National Convention formed

    National Convention formed

    The National Convention was formed and was the first French assembly elected by male suffrage.
  • The Committee of Public Safety

    The Committee of Public Safety

    The Committee of Public Safety's intent was to protect enemies of the revolution and watch over everything that is happening in the executive government.
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    Reign of Terror of the French Revolution

    The Reign of Terror is a time of public executions and mass killings of thousands of people.
  • The Five Man Directory created

    The Five Man Directory created

    The Five Man Directory was a committee the governed France after the National Convention.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte becomes Emperor

    Napoleon Bonaparte becomes Emperor

    Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself emperor at Notre Dame in Paris and would be the Holy Roman Emperor.
  • Battle of Trafalgar

    Battle of Trafalgar

    The Battle was one of the most famous naval battles in British history and was a British victory over the French and Spanish fleets.
  • Battle of Austerlitz

    Battle of Austerlitz

    It is a battle that marked the first fight of the War of the Third Coalition and one of Napoleon's most significant victories.
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    Battle of Lepzig

    It was a battle that lasted three days and was a victory for the allied forces over Napoleon.
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    Congress of Vienna

    The Congress of Vienna helped bring Europe back together after Napoleon.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to Elba

    Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to Elba

    Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to Elba and abdicated the throne after the Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St. Helena

    Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St. Helena

    Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to St. Helena after he was at the Battle of Waterloo.