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1346
The start of the Black Plague
- Carried by rats who carried fleas from Asia
- Killed over 1/3 of the population
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1450
The development of the Printing Press
-Helped spread mass amounts of books, and knowledge.
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1492
The start of European Explorations
-The discovery of the "New World"
-New trade routes worldwide
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1494
Dive for European Power
- The monarchs tried to control all power, even the church.
- the defeat of the Byzantine Empire
- Italian Wars Against the French and the Spanish
- The Start of the 5 major powers of Italy (Milan, Venice, Florence, The Papal States, and the Kingdom of Naples)
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1517
The 95 Theses
- Allowed people to see what was corrupt about the Catholic church
- Made people protestants
- Showed how the sale of indulgences was bad
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1519
The Downfall of the Aztecs
-Europeans traded, and enslaved natives.
-Hernando Cortes arrived in the gulf of mexico.
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1524
The conquest of Peru
-Francesco Pizar set a trap for the King of the incas, took his riches and his life
-enslaved the natives
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1534
The act of Supremacy
- Made the king of England the head of the english church
- Allowed Henry VIII to divorce his wife
- Henry Marries his mistress and have with future queen of england Elizabeth I
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1543
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
- New outlook on the solar system
- More reformation against the church
- Was not approved by the church
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1545
Council of Trent
- Banned the selling of indulgences
- Cleaned some of the clerical corruption
- Affirmed Purgatory
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1555
The Peace of Augsburg
- Stopped some of the religious tension in the Holy Roman Empire (HRE)
- Allowed the ruler of a country to decide the religion
- Created For nobles and people who can read latin
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The Edict of Nantes
- Allowed calvinists to live in France
- Allowed calvinist to run for office
- Calvinists could only practice their religion in private
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The Defenestration of Prague
- Protestant chapels were taken down
- Sent a letter emphasising protestant rights
- Started the 30 years war
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The English Civil War
- Power vacuum between parliament and the King
- Parliament tried leading on their own
- Hobbes creation of the leviathan
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The peace of Westphalia
- Catholic land claimed by protestants were abandoned
- Allows sovereignty to the german states
- Ended the 30 years war
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The Ottoman Siege of Vienna
- The Ottoman empire dried up temporarily
- Austria recovered Hungary
- Poland became allies with Austria This is the most Important event of this unit because it showed a weakness and near ending to the "superpower" that had been a threat to Europe for over half a millenia.
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The Glorious Revolution
- John Locke created the the second treatise of government
- Parliament gained power
- Lead to William and mary to have a fearsome rule
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The Peace of Utrecht
- Stopped war against the Spanish succession
- Had slight expansion in Britain
- The Dutch gained independence
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Invention of the Steam Engine
- Allowed factories to be located anywhere
- Lead to the creation of the locomotive
- Took over water mills as the main source of power
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The Tennis Court Oath
- Took power away from Louis XVI
- Caused a constitution to be written for France
- One of the causes of the French revolution
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Reign of Terror
- Killed 800 people a month
- The rule of the committee of public safety
- Even worse poverty for France
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Napoleon's coup
- The defeat of the committee of public safety
- Napoleon rose to power -Ended the reign of terror
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Napoleon's Invasion of Russia
- Napoleon pushed back Russia's western borders
- France went from having 600,000 troops to 10,000
- Napoleon formed an alliance with Austria
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Congress of Vienna (1815)
- Reinforced frances boundaries
- Restored old monarchies
- Created the legitimacy of government/monarchs
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Revolutions of 1848
- Italy became unified
- Louis Napoleon took over France
- creation of the communist manifesto
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The Crimean war
- Russia lost its title of protector of christians
- Humiliated Russia
- Led to Russia reform
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The Austro-Prussian war
- The Peace of Prague
- Prussia gains territory of hanover
- Leads to Prussia leading the German confederation
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The Franco-Prussian war
- The creation of the German Empire
- Created a siege in Paris
- The treaty of Frankford
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The start of World War I
- Women allowed to work on the homefront
- More radical versions of propaganda
- Introduction of Trench warfare
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Bolsheviks November Revolution
- The Bolsheviks take over Russia
- Equality of sexes (temporarily)
- Lenin became government leader
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The End of WWI
- Women lost their wartime jobs
- Gave birth to the roaring 20s
- Bolsheviks solidify their takeover of Russia
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Treaty of Versalles
- The humiliation of Germany
- Japan being forced to conquer for natural resources
- Hitler's rise to power
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The Great depression
- Non-European countries became the center of natural recourses
- Shrinking the economy to half its size
- Gave people a reason to hate jews
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Hitler appointed Chancellor
- The Nazi party took over Germany
- Hitler became the sole leader of Germany
- The Gestapo took to the streets
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The Spanish civil war
- The bombing of Guernica
- Spain became a German Ally
- Spain became fascist
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Nazi Invasion of Poland
- Start of WWII
- Britain declares war on Germany
- Beginning of the "phony" war
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Operation Barbarossa
- Hitler taking control of land almost as far east as Moscow and Stalingrad
- End of the dual alliance
- Caused the battle of Stalingrad and permanent damage to Nazi Germany
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The end of WWII
- Germany being completely disarmed
- Japan becoming allies with the USA
- Creation of the United Nations or UN
