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was a document forced onto the English King by a group of his subjects to limit his powers by law, and protect their privleges
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April 6- May 29th 1453; Mehmet II was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who sieged Constantinople in attempt to prove his strong military. This marked the end of the Roman Empire.
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An Italian explorer, financed by Spanish king and queen, hoping to find a route to India for spice trading
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Landed at Plymouth carrying English puritans and separatists who wanted religious freedom
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An act of English Parliament which puts limits on the powers and the rights of Parliament and rules for freedom of speech in parliament, regular voting in parliament, and the right to petition the monarch without fear of retribution
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A statement adopted by continental congress to express that the 13 colonies are separate states and no longer a part of the British Empire
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The Constitution was written in 1787 during the Philidelphia Convention. Ratified in 11 states by 1789
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Period of radical and social and political upheaval. The whole monarchy collapsed in three years. The French revolution began because of bankruptcy, hunger, malnutrition, bad harvests, and debt
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Ruling till 1815 , Napoleon was a French military leader who rose to fame during the French Revolution. Napolean was a huge influence on civil war jurisdictions
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Resulted in the end of the Napoleonic wars and the signing of the treaty of Paris
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A war in the United States between the North and South over Slavery
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Steam Engine - 1866 Richard Dudgeon;
Combustion engine - 1920's Henry Ford -
The wright brothers made their first controlled, powered and sustained heavier than air human flight
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Lasting until around 1920, a major armed struggle that started with uprisings from FRANCISCO I, went from a revolt to a civil war with many sides and is one of the most sociopolitical events in Mexico which led to a Mexican constitution
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Occurred after the Qing Dynasty in 1912, this led to the end of two thousand years of imperial war
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took place in Sarajevo where both he and his wife were killed by Serbian military conspirators
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President Wilson was reluctant because of how many people were divided on the war in Europe but joined to help allies
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commemorates the armistice signed between the allies of world war 1 (armistice – a situation of warring parties who agree to stop fighting)
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marked a victory for the allies and a complete defeat for Germany – but not technically surrender
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Germany wanted to enlarge its empire, was considered the cause of ww1
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the attack of the Hawaiian naval base by the Japanese
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Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945; Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945
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Japan had become incapable of continuing in the war
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Taking place at Westminster College, The speech symbolized the dividing line between the enemy fighting
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Daily airlift which brought supplies to Berlin after Soviet tried to limit food to gain control
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Final stage of the Chinese Civil War
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A war between the republic of Korea and Democratic Korea
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Began in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
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War fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam
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Wall that severed West Berlin and East Berlin
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Soviets built missile site in Cube, to retaliate, the US put missile sites in Turkey
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Took Place in Texas – Kennedy was the 35th president
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The Tet offensive came after a broken truce between the People of Vietnam and the Republic of Vietnam
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Apollo 11 landed the first humans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
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Music Festival which shaped the hippie era
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President Richard Nixons’ (republican) had people secretly taped the democratic parties – Nixon resigned due to this ( he lied upfront about the tapes)
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US soldiers were welcomed back by the citizens
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Ran mostly by students angered by economic reforms
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Nelson Mandela’s release led to the breakup of the Apartheid system
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German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany
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This event marks the end of the Cold War