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Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes was a English philosopher who was notable as one of the founders of social contract theory. -
James I becomes King of England
Elizabeth dies and Mary Stuart's son James I became the king of England and started the Stuart Dynasty in England -
James I dies
James I dies and his son Charles I becomes king. -
Charles I signs the Petition of Rights
Charles I signs a contract made by Parliament so that he wouldn't jail people without a good reason, make taxes without parliament's approval, or keep his soldiers in peoples’
homes & use his army to maintain order
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John Locke
John Locke was an English philosopher known for his three natural laws (life, liberty, and property). -
Civil War breaks out
King Charles I and his supporters declared war against parliament. This civil war lasted from 1642-1651 until parliament was victorious. After that parliament publicly executed Charles I. -
The Start of the Common wealth
After the Civil War, a Commonwealth was created—type of government with no king & ruled by Parliament. Oliver Cromwell led the Commonwealth, but did not use democracy— he became a military dictator -
Cromwells death
Life in the Commonwealth was harsh because it was led by Cromwell & the Puritans; Forced strict religious rules on people of England. So after Cromwell died they wanted a King again -
Charles II becomes king
In 1660, Charles I’s son became King of England—Charles II was called the “Merry Monarch” because he brought back theatres, sporting events, dancing & he got along with Parliament!! -
The glorius revelution
James II fled to France when he realized he had little support from England. This peaceful transfer of power was called the Glorious Revolution of 1688. -
William of Orange becomes king
Parliament was worried about the next king be catholic so the encouraged William of Orange to come and take over England -
The English Bill of Rights
The Bill of rights establishes constitutional monarchy in England.This passage made it clear that Parliament was in control -
Candide
Candide by Voltaire was published -
Charles X is born
After Napoleon had been defeated France decided to go back to Kings. So they crowned Louis XVII, who soon died so they crowned Charles X. Charles X become king and ruled from 1824 to 1830. -
James Cook claims Australia for Britain
James’s cook and a ship full of prisoners are sent to Australia to claim it for Britain. -
James Watt invents the first reliable steam engine
While at the university of Glasgow James Watt got the opportunity to modify his steam engine, By doing this his steam engine was made more efficient and reliable. -
Wealth of Nation
Wealth of Nations by. Adam Smith was published. -
Amazing Grace is written
Amazing Grace was a inspirational hymn written by John Newton who had his life changed while aboard a slave ship that was going to be torn apart in a drastic storm. His sins were forgiven and he never involved in slavery again. He promoted freedom for all. -
The National Assembly
The three estates were brought together to discuss issues within France. This ended up with the third estate being under the impression that their vote wouldn’t count as two, but then found out when they got there that their vote wouldn’t count for more the name one. -
The storming of Bastille
The storming of Bastille was when the third estate rushed the fort of Bastille in Paris France that had once been a prison. Once taken, they let out the few prisoners that had still been held captive. -
Women’s bread march on Versailles
Woman were mad with the bread prices so the went and stormed the Palace of Versailles where the king had been. -
Eli Whitney made the Cotton gin
The cotton gin made it super easy for cotton to be seedless. By just putting some cotton in the cotton gin it would pull out all the seeds. The cotton gin was modified by Eli Whitney in 1798 to make it more efficient. -
Louis XVI exucution
The king Louis is executed. -
Marie Antoinette exucution
Marie Antoinette, King Louis XVI’s wife was excuted and charged for treason. -
Napolean crowns himself Emperor of France
Napolean takes the crown from the pope and puts it on his head making him the new leader of France. -
Napolean returns to France to take power
Napolean escape the island of Elba to take control for the last time. He is soon defeated, this period is known as the one hundred day period. -
Napolean is beat and exiled to Saint Helena
Napolean is defeated at the battle of Waterloo and exiled to an island off of Africa called Saint Helena. -
Victoria becomes Queen
At just 18 years of age Victoria becomes the Queen of England and the Victorian period starts. -
Sati is banned in India
The Indian custom Sati was banned. Which is the practice of Hindu widows throwing themselves on husbands’ funeral fires -
Greece Obtains its Freedom
The Greek revolution ended with the signing of the Treaty of Constantinople which gave the Greek people their freedom from the Ottoman empire. -
The Commencement of the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833
This act abolished slavery for good in England. This agreement was highly promoted by people like William Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano, and John Newton. -
Samuel Morse made the first public demonstration of the electric telegraph
Samuel Morse is not the created of the telegraph but is responsible for making lots of improvements to it and even make the electric telegraph. His main accomplishment though is Morse code which is a language that blind people can use to communicate with. -
Queen Victoria gets married
Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert. -
Treaty of Nanjing
The treaty that ended the opium wars. This treaty was incredibly unfair in the fact that the China had to give Hong Kong to Britain, let christian missionaries into the country, open up trade to the rest of the world, and to legalize opium. -
Potato Famine
The potatoes in Ireland’s catch an air born disease that ends up kill tons of Irish people. Britain does nothing to support the Irish which causes lots of them to leave Ireland. -
Alexander Graham Bell starts development on the telephone
It is debatable whether or not Alexander Graham Bell is the true creator of the phone but he is the most widely known for created the first practical phone. -
Elias Howe's sewing machine is improved
Although Elias Howe is the original inventor of the sewing machine Isaac Singer is the won who improved it and marketed it in 1851. -
The Treaty of Kanagawa
On March 31, 1854, the Convention of Kanagawa or Kanagawa Treaty was the first treaty between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate. Signed under threat of force, it effectively meant the end of Japan's 220-year-old policy of national seclusion by opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American vessels. -
Queen Victoria’s husband dies
When Queen Victoria’s husband die she began the mourning process. She always wore black, uncomfortable dresses. Even though her husband had died she still made sure that the her servants set out a pair of her husbands clothes every morning. -
The Suez Canal is finished
1869, Suez Canal influenced Britain’s interest in Egypt. The Canal linked the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, this shortened trips from Europe to Indian Ocean; no need to sail around southern tip of Africa -
The typewriter is invented
The modern typewriter was created by Christopher L. Shole in 1873. His Sholes & Glidden Type Writer introduced consumers to the QWERTY keyboard, which is still the standard keyboard arrangement on personal computers today. -
Alexander Graham make some the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the “electric speech machine,” or telephone, in 1876. The telephone quickly revolutionized the way people communicated both at work and with friends. -
Vaccines are made
Louis Pasteur made significant contributions to human health with his germ theory of disease along with his vaccines for rabies and anthrax. -
Berlin Conference
In 1884–1885, European leaders met in Berlin to discuss regulating European colonization and trade in Africa. This established the "rules" for conquest in Africa. -
The motion picture was created
On October 17, 1888, Thomas Edison submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office his ideas for a motion picture device that would record and produce objects in motion. He called his invention the “Kinetoscope." -
Queen Victoria dies
Queen Victoria dies of old age -
Boxer rebellion is put down officially
The Boxer Rebellion formally ended with the signing of the Boxer Protocol on September 7, 1901. By terms of the agreement, forts protecting Beijing were to be destroyed, Boxer and Chinese government officials involved in the uprising were to be punished, foreign legations were permitted to station troops in Beijing for their defense, China was prohibited from importing arms for two years and it agreed to pay more than $330 million in reparations to the foreign nations involved. -
Treaty of Portsmouth
The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the 1904–05 Russo-Japanese War. It was signed on September 5, 1905 after negotiations lasting from August 6 to August 30, at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, United States. -
Archduke Fran’s Ferdinand gets assasinated
The archdukes’ assination caused an uproar among Austria neighboring countries. -
The U.S. declares war on Germany
After finding out about the Zimmerman telegram and the sinking of the Lusitania America declares war on Germany. -
The second Russian revolution
Lenin rises to full power after the Bolsheviks take control in the second Russian revolution. From then on they are a communist country until 1993 -
The Czar Nicholas is killed
After being held hostage by the bolsheviks and going house to house the Czar Nicholas and family are executed -
Armistice day
The allies sign a treaty with Germany. This treaty ends all war on land. -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty of Versailles officially ended World War I -
Beer Hall Putsch
The Beer Hall Putsch of November 1923, or the Munich Putsch, was Hitler’s attempt to overthrow the Weimar government of Ebert and establish a right wing nationalistic one in its place. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
Adolf Hitler is named chancellor of Germany. Hitler’s emergence as chancellor on January 30, 1933, marked a crucial turning point for Germany and, ultimately, for the world. -
Burning of the Reichstag
The Reichstag fire was an arson attack on the Reichstag building, home of the German parliament in Berlin, on Monday 27 February 1933, precisely four weeks after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany. -
Four concentration camps are opened
March 22, 1933 the Nazis open 4 concentration camps: Dachau, Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen, and Ravensbruck for women. -
Germany invades the Rhineland
The nazi party takes back part of Germany known as the Rhineland that was occupied by allied forces. -
Kristallnacht
The occasion of concerted violence by Nazis throughout Germany and Austria against Jews and their property on the night of November 9–10, 1938. -
WWII starts
World War Two starts with Germany invading Poland. -
Dunkirk Evacuation
The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940. -
Prisoners are freed from Auschwitz
As Soviet troops approached Auschwitz in January 1945, most of its population was sent west on a death march. The prisoners remaining at the camp were liberated on 27 January 1945, a day now commemorated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. -
V-E day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day (Great Britain) or V-E Day (North America), is a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany 's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on the 8 May 1945. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia due to growing tension.
