Liberalism Timeline

By k_cath
  • Period: 476 to 1450

    Medieval Period

  • Period: 1450 to

    Renaissance

    Invention of the printing press, Advances in European society, Reintroduction to Greek and Roman philosophy, CLASSICAL LIBERALISM
  • Period: 1500 to

    Protestant Reformation

    Martin Luther, the fracturing of the Catholic Church
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    Age of Enlightenment

    Creation of liberalism, advancements in science, new philosophy
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    Industrial Revolution

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    American Revolution

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    French Revolution

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    Progressive Era

    Welfare Capitalism, Theodore Roosevelt
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    World War I

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    Russian Revolution

    Rise of Communism, Lenin, 5 year civil war
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    Interwar Period

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    Roaring Twenties

    Conservatism, Coolidge and Harding, 1st Red Scare

  • Founding of the USSR

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    Great Depression

    FDR, the New Deal, Rise of Nazism, development of Keynesian economics/demand-side economics
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    World War II

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    The Cold War

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    Recession

    Stagflation, popularity of Hayek and Friedman, PM Thatcher and President Reagan

  • 9/11 Attacks

  • Great Recession