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It obtained the monopoly of the explorations by the African coasts and the islands of the Atlantic Ocean. -
The first printed book was the bible. -
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Was created by Isabel and Fernando, kings of Castile and Aragon. -
Henry VIII decided to seek, by all means, the annulment of his marriage to Catherine so that he could marry again and have a child. -
His most notable event was the break with the Catholic Church. -
He Translated the Latin Bible into his mother tongue (German). -
The protestant reformation started. -
The pope condemned the Lutheran theses -
Was the first ruler of Puerto Rico. -
He was a Spanish soldier who put the Aztec empire in the Crown of Castilla. -
He was a Spanish conquistador who conquered Peru. -
Is a religious order of regular clerics of the Catholic Church. -
Are two documents approved by the Parliament of England that establish the English monarchs. -
This work systematically develops the doctrine of the Reformation as promoted by Calvin. -
It was an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church -
He was a Spanish conqueror. -
It was a meet of the Catholic Church. -
The religious conflict of the Protestant Reformation was resolved. -
Steam machine: pump water out of coal mines -
The royal family tried to escape to Austria. -
conflict that confronted the great European powers -
spinning Jenny: eight threads could be spun at a time, rather than a single thread using a spinning wheel -
The Watt Steam engine, like the Newcomen engine, but Watt's steam cylinder remained hot at all times. -
Blast furnace: method of producing high-quality iron -
the colonists set their sights on one of the products that came with added taxes: tea -
were representatives elected by the legislatures of the American colonies of the United Kingdom of Great Britain -
They were the first confrontations of the War of Independence of the United States. -
is a document drawn up by the second Continental Congress -
The representatives of the Thirteen Colonies met with the purpose of signing the text of a Declaration of Independence -
George Washington crossing of the Delaware River -
He confronted the troops of the 13 colonies with the British army during the American revolution -
international treaty signed between the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Portugal -
the spinning mule: permitted large-scale manufacture of high-quality thread and yarn. -
US and French troops defeated besieged British forces in the city of Yorktown. -
the puddling process: for making wrought iron -
power loom: mechanized the function of a loom by use of large shaft and sped up the process of textile manufacturing -
Louis XVl called a meeting of States General to increase taxes -
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a meet of the states separately in form of a National Assembly on a pediment -
Was a prison in the center of Paris, representing royal authority -
cotton gin: revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber -
Convicted of "conspiracy against public liberty and attack against national security" died in guillotine -
preserving food: method of preserving food by enclosing it in hermetically sealed containers. -
Meant the overthrow of the Directory and its replacement by a new system, the French Consulate -
high-pressure steam engine: he developed a successful high-pressure engine -
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I at Notre Dame de Paris -
The decisive victory of Napoleon's Grande Armée at Austerlitz brought the War of the Third Coalition to a rapid end, with the Treaty of Pressburg -
steamboat: engine that could carry cargo and passengers up the Hudson River -
numerous wars in Spanish America with the aim of political independence from Spanish rule during the early 19th century -
faced a French army (first defeat of the Napoleonic army) against a Spanish one, in Bailen -
The machine-breaking disturbances that rocked the wool and cotton industries were known as the 'Luddite riots'. -
The most important battle of nations lost by Napoleon Bonaparte -
Was exiled to Elba after his forced abdication following the Treaty of Fontainebleau -
Battle between Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington, near Waterloo -
He was buried on the island until 1840 when his body was transferred to Paris -
Rocket: the world's first inter-city passenger railway line -
electromagnetic induction: allowed electricity to be transformed from a curiosity into a powerful new techno -
scouring steel plow: cutting part was made from steel cut from an old sawmill blade and shaped by bending it over a log -
Telegraph: revolutionized long-distance communication -
electromagnetic telephone: connecting his second-floor bedroom to his basement laboratory -
the Bessemer converter: allowed unskilled workers to make vast quantities of quality steel cheaply -
reducing street congestion -
experiments in refrigeration: preserve meats and other perishable food -
Alexander Graham Bell: it transmitted sounds down a wire via electrical signals. -
incandescent lamp: paved the way for the universal domestic use of electric light -
Benz Patent Motor Car: The first automobile -
Wright Flyer: successful powered airplane