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The Protestant Reformation
During the Middle Ages few people other than monksd prieests how to read and write. People wer able to read the bible for themselves for the first time.A monk named Martin Luther began to question the particles of the catholic church as he studied the bible.He found many areas where he felt the Bible and Catholic Church disagreee.On Octber 31, 1517 took a list of 95 points.Printing press was invented.Where he thjpught the Church had nailed it to the other door. People became more educated. -
The Renaissance
The start of the 14th and 17th centcentury.During the Middle ages dark ages ,much of the great advancements made by Greks and the Romans.People went from comfortable lilives good jobs and education.Europe lived in terrible conditions.More people learned what they wanted to accomplish.They learned how to enjoy living not just thinkin g about life after death.They used tax money to hireartists and sculptors.They ruled city of Rome. They wanted to accomplish and more money trade. -
The French Revolution
The National Assembly continued working on a new constitution for France. The long awaited constitution finally came into effect on September 30, 1791.On April 20, 1792, France declared war on Austria.On August 10, a crowd of about 20,000 people attacked the Tuileries Palace. On January 21, 1793, Louis was driven through the streets of Paris to a guillotine and decapitated. On July 27, 1794, Robespierre was arrested. The first act of the latter was to declare France as a republic on September 2. -
Napoleon's Empire
19 May: Napoleon begins his Egyptian Campaign.21 July.The French defeat the Mamelukes at the Battle of the Pyramids in Egypt.20 February: Napoleon invades Syria towards the end of his Egyptian Campaign.7 February. New Constitution approved by the French through a plebiscite.15-23 May., Napoleon leads his army across the Alps in the Second Italian Campaign.9 February. Treaty of Luneville signed with Austria.2 August: Napoleon named Consul for Life through a plebiscite.March 11 camp established. -
Th Renaissance
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The Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther (1483-1546) posts his 95 Theses on the door of Wittenburg Cathedral, in protest at the Catholic doctrine of indulgences and formally begins the Protestant Reformation. 1520 Luther publishes three monumental works, To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and On the Freedom of a Christian. In The Christian Nobility of the German Nation, Luther outlined the doctrine of the Priesthood of all believers and denied the authority in -
Napoleons empire3
12 December: Constitution of Year VIII. Napoleon is appointed First Consul.
