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Period: May 6, 1450 to May 6, 1550
Renaissance
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May 11, 1492
Colombus discovers America
Age of Exploration begins -
May 11, 1492
Reconquista of Iberian peninsula completed
Moors pushed out, Iberian peninsula now totally under Christian rule -
May 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
divided world up between spain and portugal Portugal got Brazil, Spain pretty much got everything else -
May 11, 1512
Sea beggers
Beginning of Dutch Revolt -
May 6, 1517
95 Theses
Martin Luther's response to indulgence selling
began age of reformations -
Period: May 7, 1517 to
Age of Reformations
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May 6, 1520
The Diet of Worms
Luther called before a Catholic tribunal, refused to denounce any of his actions, was outlawed -
Period: May 11, 1545 to May 11, 1563
Council of Trent
Counter-Reformation -
Armada
Philip II tries to attack ENgland, their navy is a lot better -
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Scientific Revolution
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30 year's war
decimated HRE -
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English Civil War
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THe Glorious Revolution
William of Orange invited to invade
Parliament had more control -
Austrian Succession
Pragmatic Sanction failed, many countries announced war on Austria, Maria THeresa pulled through -
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Industrial Revolution
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American Revolution
promoted democracy inspired French Revolution -
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
liberal economics, laissez-faire -
Estates General Meeting in Versailles
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French Revolution
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First or Moderate stage
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National Assembly declared
3rd Estate w/ some support from a few members of the 1st estate -
Tennis Court Oath
National Assembly promised not to disband until they wrote a new constitution for France -
Storming of the Bastille
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Great Fear
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The Decrees
abolished feudalism and manoralism -
Declaration of RIghts of Man and Citizen
Freedom of speech, thought, and religion guaranteed -
March on Versailles
Women went and demanded action by the king -
Flight to Varennes
royal family trying to escape to raise an army, fcemented resentment against royal family -
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Second or Radical Stage
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France proclaimed first republic
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FInal or Reactionary Stage
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Thermidorian Reaction
returned moderate bourgeois to power -
Condorcat with Church
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 -
Napoleon becomes emperor
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Defeat in Russia
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Treaty of Paris
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Louis XVIII
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 -
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Congress of Vienna
attempted to solve balance of power -
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Congress of Vienna
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100 days of Napoleon
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Age of metternich
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Charles X
France
repressive measures led to rioting in Paris in 1830 -
Decembrist rising in Russia
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Abdication of Charles X
abdication caused rift between radicals who wanted a republic and bourgeoise who wanted a monarch -
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Louis Phillipe
THE "bourgeoise king"
agreed to honor the constitution of 1814
empoweres the bourgeoise but left the proletariat unrepresented -
The Great Reform Bill
In England
got rid of the rotten bouroughs, expanded the electorate, and empowered the industrial middle class -
Revolutions of nationalism
public pressure for reform -
The Second Reform Bill
In England, under Disraeli
doubled the size of the electorate and gave the vote to many industrial workers -
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Age of Imperialism
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New Imperialism
includes scramble for Africa -
The Third Reform Bill
In England, under Gladstone
largely granted universal male suffrage -
Panama Canal Opens
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World War I
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World War 1
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 -
Paris Peace Conference
end of World War 1 -
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World War II
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Triumph of the Axis of Powers
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The tide of the war turns
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Allied Victory
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Cold War
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Korean War
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. -
Suez Crisis
king in Egypt overthrown-Nasser put in place
He sought to take Suez canal for Egypt
GB threatens Egypt.
They go to USSR for help-everyone eventually backs down -
Sputnik launched
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Treaty of Rome
European Coal & Steel Community became European Economic Community - expanded beyond coal and steel -
Cuban Missile crisis & Bay of Pigs
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Breshnev
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SALT I
Freeze nuclear assets for 5 yrs but one could still make warheads -
Helinski Accords
recognized soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe -
SALT II talks
- Limited long range missiles, bombs, and nuclear warheads
- never ratified.FAILED
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Glastnost-openness
Perestoika- restructuring of economy
detente reinstated- easing of tension w/ US -
INF Treaty
reduced armed nuclear warheads -
Lech Walesa elected president in poland
Solidarity returned -
Berlin wall came down
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revolutions of eastern bloc
dissolution of Soviet Union -
Treaty of Maastricht
proposed EU -
EU created
