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History of Western Civilization

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    Louis XIV Ruling

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    English Civil War

  • Social Contract Theory (Hobbes)

    Social Contract Theory (Hobbes)

  • Glorius Revolution

    Glorius Revolution

  • Social Contract Theory (Locke)

    Social Contract Theory (Locke)

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    American Revolutionary War

  • The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)

    The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)

  • Declaration of the Rights of Man

    Declaration of the Rights of Man

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    The Terror (Robespierre)

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    Napoleon Bonaparte (Emperor of France)

  • Industrial Revolution (Steam Power)

    Industrial Revolution (Steam Power)

    By this time steam engines had become more advanced and allowed for more work to be done with less work. This was a big step in the industrial revolution because it allowed us to be a lot more productive.
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    Revolutions of 1830

    Included the Belgium Revolution and the July Revolution
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    Revolutions of 1848

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    The Crimean War

  • Charles Darwin Origin of Species

    Charles Darwin Origin of Species

    Book on natural selection.
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    Otto Von Bismarck (Chancellor of Germany)

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    Scramble for Africa (Berlin Conference)

  • The Dreyfus Affair

    The Dreyfus Affair

    Alfred Dreyfus convicted of treason, believed to have shared French secrects with the Germans.
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    Russian Revolution

  • Paris Peace Conference

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    Nazism (Hitlers rise to power)

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    The Great Depression

  • Japan invades China

    Japan invades China

  • Start of World War 2

    Start of World War 2

  • Germany invades Poland

    Germany invades Poland

  • Germany Invades Denmark and Norway

  • Nazi-Soviet Pact broken

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

  • United States enters World War 2

    United States enters World War 2

  • HItler commits suicide

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    Division of Germany (Potsdam Confreence)

  • Atomic Bomb (Hiroshima)

  • Atomic Bomb (Nagasaki)

    Atomic Bomb (Nagasaki)

  • End of World War 2

    End of World War 2

  • United Kingdom decolonizes present day Jordan

    United Kingdom decolonizes present day Jordan

  • United Kingdom decolonizes British India

  • France decolonizes Laos

    France decolonizes Laos

  • France decolonizes Cambodia

    France decolonizes Cambodia

  • United Kindom leaves Egypt

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    The Vietnam War

  • France decolonizes Tunisia and Morocco

  • United Kingdom leaves Ghana

    United Kingdom leaves Ghana

  • Launch of Sputnik 1 (Soviet Union)

    Launch of Sputnik 1 (Soviet Union)

  • Berlin Wall put up

    Berlin Wall put up

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    Cuban Missle Crisis

  • Humans walk on moon (USA)

    Humans walk on moon (USA)

  • Berlin Wall falls

    Berlin Wall falls

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