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Age of Exploration begins
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Moors pushed out, Iberian peninsula now totally under Christian rule
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divided world up between spain and portugal Portugal got Brazil, Spain pretty much got everything else
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Beginning of Dutch Revolt
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Martin Luther's response to indulgence selling
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Luther called before a Catholic tribunal, refused to denounce any of his actions, was outlawed
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Counter-Reformation
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Philip II tries to attack ENgland, their navy is a lot better
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decimated HRE
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William of Orange invited to invade
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Pragmatic Sanction failed, many countries announced war on Austria, Maria THeresa pulled through
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promoted democracy inspired French Revolution
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Adam Smith
liberal economics, laissez-faire -
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3rd Estate w/ some support from a few members of the 1st estate
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National Assembly promised not to disband until they wrote a new constitution for France
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abolished feudalism and manoralism
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Freedom of speech, thought, and religion guaranteed
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Women went and demanded action by the king
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royal family trying to escape to raise an army, fcemented resentment against royal family
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returned moderate bourgeois to power
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papacy renounced claims over church property seized during the Revolutiion and was allowed to nominate Bishops The preists who had resisted the Civil Constitutions of the clergy would replace those who had sworn an oath to the state
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Boubon
restored to throne in 1814
issued a constitution but gave power only to a small class of landowners and rich bourgeois, a "bourgeois" king -
attempted to solve balance of power
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France
repressive measures led to rioting in Paris in 1830 -
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abdication caused rift between radicals who wanted a republic and bourgeoise who wanted a monarch
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THE "bourgeoise king"
agreed to honor the constitution of 1814
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In England
got rid of the rotten bouroughs, expanded the electorate, and empowered the industrial middle class -
public pressure for reform
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In England, under Disraeli
doubled the size of the electorate and gave the vote to many industrial workers -
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includes scramble for Africa
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In England, under Gladstone
largely granted universal male suffrage -
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Schlieffen Plan:= oF Germanty vs Russia: occupy luxumbourg-Germany marched into Belgium. GB declared war on Germany to protect Belgium.-Triple Enrtente was better financed but the Central powers were closer together, had better communication, and mobilized quickly
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end of World War 1
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Russian-backed North Korea invaded US-backed South Korea-US came in to help and pushed the enemy lines back into N Korean territory.-General Douglas McArthur went out of control and pushed all the way into China. The country threatened war.
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king in Egypt overthrown-Nasser put in place
He sought to take Suez canal for Egypt
GB threatens Egypt.
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European Coal & Steel Community became European Economic Community - expanded beyond coal and steel
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Freeze nuclear assets for 5 yrs but one could still make warheads
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recognized soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe
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- Limited long range missiles, bombs, and nuclear warheads
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Glastnost-openness
Perestoika- restructuring of economy
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reduced armed nuclear warheads
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Solidarity returned
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dissolution of Soviet Union
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proposed EU
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