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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
http://www.oocities.org/worldhistoryp2/standards.html Magna Carta is a long list of feudal rights, affirmed by the king. It protects privileges and the barons which included a few clauses recognizing the rights of the townspeople and the church. It contained two basic ideas that would shape and mold the government. It made sure the monarch would obey the law. -
Slave Trade in US
African Slavery was legalized in Virginia and Maryland, becoming the foundation of the Southern agrarian economy.During this transitional period, Africans and Native Americans shared the common experience of enslavement. In addition to working together in the fields, they lived together in communal living quarters, produced collective recipes for food and herbal remedies, shared myths and legends, and ultimately became lovers. -
John Locke
John Locke a philosopher held a different more positive views of human nature he believed in natural rights (life,liberty,property). Natural rights all people are born free and equal with 3 natural rights.Locke also believed that government had a moral obligation to guarantee that individuals always retained sovereignty over their own rights, including ownership of property that resulted from their own labor. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights was enacted by the English Parliament and singed into law by King William III in 1689.[1] It is one of the fundamental documents of English constitutional law, and marks a fundamental milestone in the progression of English society from a nation of subjects under the plenary authority of a monarch to a nation of free citizens with inalienable rights. This process was a gradual evolution beginning with the Magna Charta[2] in 1215 and advancing intermittently as subseq -
Charles-Louis Montesquie
He envisioned the fact that the state power should be divided in 3 (Legislative, Executive and Judicial), and that there should be an oversight system (checks and balances) between the 3, so that no one would be over the other 2. -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
In his early writing, Rousseau contended that man is essentially good when in the "state of nature" (the state of all the other animals, and the condition man was in before the creation of civilization and society), and that good people are made unhappy and corrupted by their experiences in society. He viewed society as "artificial" and "corrupt" and that the furthering of society results in the continuing unhappiness of man. -
England Population grew
The population of Europe shot up from 120 to 190 million. The birthrate over ruled the death rate because the agricultural revolution reduced the risk of famine because women ate better therefore they were healthier and had stronger babies. Other diseases faded away. -
Romanticism art and Literature- William Blake
William Blake is a particularly complex figure in terms of a romantic natural history. For Blake, to be in nature is to be always removed from the idealized world of visionary imagination, but that does not prevent him from suggesting an interconnectedness that links all living things. -
Steam Engine Invented
The engine, patented in 1769, greatly increased the economy of the Newcomen machine by avoiding the loss of steam that occurred in alternate heating and cooling of the engine cylinder. -
Boston Tea Party
In 1770, American protests led to Parliament's repeal of the Townshend duties — except for the duty on tea retained by the British as a matter of principle. The colonists demonstrated their displeasure with the remaining tax by drinking smuggled tea. The effectiveness of American resistance was shown in the precipitous decline in tea sales in the colonies — a drop of 70 percent over three years. -
Boston Massacre
he Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
American Revolution
The war of 1775–83 in which the American colonists won independence from British rule. Included events such as Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the Treaty of Paris. -
American Declaration of Independence
The declaration of independence grants people life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. They offer several rights to citizens making all people equal. Our declaration of independence was impacted by the magna carta and the English Bill of Rights. -
US Constitution
federalism
-national government and state gov. share power
-in US constitution, powers are shared between national government and 50 state gov Seperation of powers
-gov roles are divided among different branches
-legislative, judicial, executive popular sovereinty
-gov get authority from people and reflects their will
-preamble (example) individual rights
-liberties and privelages guaranteed -
French Declaration of Rights and Man and Citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen is the document that provided the basis of the French constitution, which states the laws of the nation. -
Start of French Revolution
Storming of the Bastille -The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris on the 14th of July, 1789. The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris -
US Bill of Rights
Consists of 10 amendments. Showing all rights of US citizens. Once drafted, the Bill of Rights was quickly ratified by the states. It only took six months for nine states to say yes -- two short of the total needed. On 15 December 1791, Virginia was the 11th state to ratify these 10, making them part of the Constitution. Two other amendments failed ratification. -
Cotton Gin invented
Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the United States. Prior to his invention, farming cotton required hundreds of man-hours to separate the cottonseed from the raw cotton fibers. Simple seed-removing devices have been around for centuries, however, Eli Whitney's invention automated the seed separation process. His machine could generate up to fifty pounds of cleaned cotton daily, making cotton production profitable for the southern states. -
End of the French Revolution
The French Revolution ended when Napoleon became first Consul. -
Mass Producing Steel
Modern steel is made using technology based on Bessemer's process. Bessemer was knighted in 1879 for his contribution to science. The "Bessemer Process" for mass-producing steel, was named after Bessemer. -
Lightbulb invented
Thomas Edison
An electric lamp in which a filament is heated to incandescence by an electric current. Today's incandescent light bulbs use filaments made of tungsten rather than carbon of the 1880's