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Western Hemisphere agricultural products such as corn, potatoes, and tobacco. European horses and cattle changed the lifestyles of American Indians. European diseases like smallpox killed many American Indians.
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He was trying to find a western water route to Asia but failed and landed to now a day North America
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The five major world religions spread to many areas of the Eastern Hemisphere were Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism.
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Acting on this belief, he wrote the “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences,” also known as “The 95 Theses,” a list of questions and propositions for debate. Popular legend has it that on October 31, 1517 Luther defiantly nailed a copy of his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church.
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Francis Drake from England was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. He also helped defeat the Spanish Armada.
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King Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France
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The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists over, principally, the manner of England's government.
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The Edict of Nantes had granted the Huguenots the right to practice their religion without persecution from the state.
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The Glorious Revolution was when William of Orange took the English throne from James II in 1688. The event brought a permanent realignment of power within the English constitution.
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Great Britain's 13 American colonies won their independence. The colonies became a new country, the United States. The revolution began in 1775 and ended in 1783. ... In 1783 Great Britain signed a formal treaty recognizing the independence of the colonies.
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Prelude to the French Revolution: Monarchy in Crisis. As the 18th century drew to a close, France's costly involvement in the American Revolution and extravagant spending by King Louis XVI (1754-1793) and his predecessor had left the country on the brink of bankruptcy.
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four European powers which had defeated Napoleon. The first goal was to establish a new balance of power in Europe which would prevent imperialism within Europe, such as the Napoleonic empire, and maintain the peace between the great powers.
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Germany didn't like how they were split up. So they had people uninfected Germany to make it till they were happy with the end results.
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Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world