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Renaissance, 1300s - 1500s
Printing press - more people can read information . More focus on humans , less on Religon . Artist became popular. -
Reformation , 1517 - ?
Martin Luther wrote the 95 Theses thus starting the Protestonism -
Exploration , 1400s - 1500s
Trade with Asia, and to convert every one to Christianity , Columbus discovers new land (Americas) -
Colonization , 1500s - 1600s
Made colonies (area far from country) claim the land. -
The Industrial Revolution , 1700s - 1800s
Wanted to make goods more quickly . steam power was invinted and made this possible . factories / Assembly lines created. People moved to cities for the jobs. -
French revolution , 1789 - 1815
Third Estate of people in France wanted equality . So rebelled against the king . Then the time period of Jacobian rule followed with 40,000 deaths. Then Napolean took over and tried to conquer other parts of Europe. -
Nationalism and World War 1 , 1914 - 1918
City-States begain to unite together and form alliances with each other . Countries of Europe wanted more land / to protect them selves so ww1 was fought . Then in 1917 US joined war and help defeat central powers .
