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  • The Magna Carta
    1215

    The Magna Carta

    was signed establishing the foundations of English rights
  • Nicolaus Copernicus
    1500

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    developed the heliocentric theory
  • Johannes Kepler

    discovered planetary motion
  • The Baroque Period

    The Baroque Period

    began in art, music, and architecture (Bach and Handel were
    composers)
  • Galileo

    used the telescope to support the proof of the heliocentric theory
  • The novel

    The novel

    became a new form of literature (Miguel Cervantes wrote Don Quixote)
  • William Harvey

    William Harvey

    showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood
    throughout the body
  • James II

    James II

    became the King of England`
  • The English Civil War

    The English Civil War

    began between the Roundheads (supporters of Parliament) and the Cavaliers (supporters of the King)
  • Louis XIV

    became the king of France
  • Charles I of England

    Charles I of England

    was beheaded
  • began his rule of England as the Lord Protector

    began his rule of England as the Lord Protector

    Oliver Cromwell
  • The Restoration of Charles II

    The Restoration of Charles II

    the monarchy was put back in control in England
  • The Palace of Versailles

    The Palace of Versailles

    was built under the reign of Louis XIV
  • Thomas Hobbes

    published Leviathan – social contract (people give up rights to a strong ruler who maintains order)
  • The Age of Reason

    The Age of Reason

    (the Enlightenment) began
  • Isaac Newton

    published his law of gravity
  • William and Mary

    William and Mary

    became the leaders of England (this is referred to as the Glorious Revolution)
  • The English Bill of Rights

    The English Bill of Rights

    was passed laying out specific rights on Parliament and putting limits on royal power
  • John Locke

    John Locke

    published Two Treatises on Government - it was his theory of “natural
    rights” (life, liberty, and property)
  • St. Petersburg

    St. Petersburg

    became the capital of Russia under Peter the Great
  • All weather roads

    were created to improve year round transport and trade
  • Francois-Marie Arouet

    Francois-Marie Arouet

    changed his name to Voltaire and goes on to champion
    individual freedoms
  • Peter I

    Peter I

    became the czar of Russia
  • The Westernization of Russia

    was started by Peter the Great
  • The Classical Period

    The Classical Period

    began in art, music, and architecture (Haydn, Mozart, and
    Beethoven were composers)
  • Montesquieu

    Montesquieu

    published On the Spirit of Laws – detailing separation of powers in
    government
  • Jean Jacques Rousseau

    Jean Jacques Rousseau

    wrote The Social Contract – free individuals create a
    society and government
  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution

    began which was heavily influenced by the Age of
    Enlightenment
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    wrote the Declaration of Independence
  • The Constitution

    The Constitution

    was ratified on the United States
  • The French Revolution

    The French Revolution

    began having been influenced by the Enlightenment and
    the American Revolution
  • The Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments)

    The Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments)

    was added to the Constitution of the
    United States
  • The Storming of the Bastille

    The Storming of the Bastille

    was the symbolic start of the French Revolution
  • Marie Antoinette was executed

    Marie Antoinette was executed

    at the guillotine
  • The Reign of Terror

    The Reign of Terror

    marked a period of mass executions during the French
    Revolution
  • Louis XVI was executed

    Louis XVI was executed

    at the guillotine
  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner

    introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox
  • Eugene Delacroix

    Eugene Delacroix

    began the transition of art to the Romantic School
  • Napoleon Bonaparte

    Napoleon Bonaparte

    seized power in France in a coup d’etat