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Period: 800 to 1400
Predominant feudal system in Europe
- Structures society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour
- Landownership
- Exchange of land for military or agricultural services
- No true notion of nation or patriotism
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Period: 1337 to 1453
Hundred Years' War
- Mainly opposes France and England, as the English wants to be the main continental power in Europe
- Results in a French success
- England had to invest in other fields, such as its maritime power
- Causes England's investment and focus on developing the navy
- Prevented countries to trade, focus is put on navy in Europe (Holland, etc)
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Period: 1346 to 1353
Black Death
- Killed 1/3 of European population
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1477
"The Travels of Marco Polo" by Marco Polo
- Venetian navigator
- 1271-1298
- Meets Kublai Khan (Mongolian dynasty)
- Describes great technologies and evolutions in Asia
- Influences other explorers such as Christopher Colombus
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1492
Christopher Colombus makes his voyage to America
- Sponsored by the Spanish Queen and King
- Arrives in Bahamas, first named it San Salvador
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Andrew Jackson
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Abraham Lincoln
Radical Republican -
Battle of Fort Sumter
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Civil War
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Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
Declared that all enslaved individuals in Confederate-held territory were to be set free
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Reconstruction era
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13th amendment
Abolishes slavery -
14th amendment
Grants citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the United States -
15th amendment
Granted African American men the right to vote