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Columbus "discovers" American and the Atlantic System cen begin to be developed
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English civil war commences when King Charles is sent back to England and ends with his execution.
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Thomas Hobbes book Leviathan is published which is the first showing of the social contract theory.
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Louis XIV reigns bringing authoritarian rule to France until his death.
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William and Mary decide to invade England and take the crown to prevent a Catholic dynasty from being established.
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American Revolution begins with the Battle of Lexington and Concord and ends with the signing with the Treaty of Paris.
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Steam powered engine is invented further spurring the industrial revolution along
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Wealth of Nations is Published showing Adam Smith's econamic theory of capitalism
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The Declaration of the Right of Man were adopted as part of the new constitution of Frabce during the French Revolution
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The Terror is the period when Robespierre and the committee of public safety ruled and ended with Robespierre's execution.
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Napoleon Bonaparte is named Emperor of France.
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Louis Phillipe is crowned king of France bringing back constitutional monarchies.
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Revolutions begin in France which led to the creation of nthe second French Republic.
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Communist Manifesto is publishedunveiling the concept of communism to the world.
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The Crimean war was between the Ottoman empire and the Russians and ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
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On the Origen on species is published revealing the theory of natural selection.
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Treaty of Versailles is signed and Otto von Bismarck becomes chancellor of unted Germany
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A conference is held in Berlin to determine the borders of European African colonies
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The Berlin conference happens and African colonies' borders are decided
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J'accuse is published and called attention to Dreyfus affair in Paris
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War begins in 1914 with the invasion of serbia by the Austrians and ends with Germany signing the armistice on November 11 1918.
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The U.S. declares war on Germany officially entering the Great War.
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The Russian revolution takes place abd the Czar is overthrown.
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Beginning of revolution to overthrw Tsar to the creation of the USSR.
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Conference to decide the outcome of The Great War participants.
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The Great depression began in 1929 with the Crash of the United States stock market and ended 1940 when the US began heavy spending for entry to World War 2
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Hitler gained power and became the leader of Germany in June 1934.
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Germany begins Operation Barbraossa in may officially breaking the Nazi Soviet pact.
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U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Augest 6 1945.
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India is given its independence by the british government.
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Egypt begins independce movement and wins independence from Great Britain.
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USSR launches first satellite called Sputnik begining the Space Race
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Construction of Berlin Wall begins officially spliting East and West Berlin.
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Cuban missile crisis begins when US notices the placement of Warheads on Cuba and ends officially on October 28.
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US begins the offensive in Vietnam in 1965 and the War ends with the fall of Saigon in 1975.
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Us lands on moon giving it victory over the soviets in this area.
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The date the Berlin Wall began to come down viewed as a symbolic end to the Cold War.