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Feb 19, 1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
Scientific Revolution:
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer. He wrote the book called On the Revolution of Celestial Spheres. This publish was what marked the beginning of the Scientific Revolution. -
Jan 1, 1550
Scientific Revolution
The scientific revolution was a time period where the science grew a lot, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology and chemistry transformed views of society and nature. -
Period: Jan 1, 1550 to
Scientific Revolution
The scientific revolution was a time period where the science grew a lot, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology and chemistry transformed views of society and nature. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
Galileo was undoubtedly one of the greatest scientists of the scientific revolution. He was the first person to study the sky with a telescope. He discovered craters and mountains on the moon. He also found the moons that orbited Jupiter. He was also interested in how falling objects behaved, so he studied mechanics. Galileo also conducted experiments, wrote theories, and observed. Along with all his achievements, he even invented the thermometer. -
Dec 27, 1571
Johannes Kepler
Scientific Revolution:
Johannes Kepler researched to prove that planets orbited in a perfect circular shape. After careful observation, he found that the planets actually orbited in an elliptical or oval shape. He proved Copernicus was right. -
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The age of Enlightenment
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Charles Louis de Secondat
Montesquieu believend England would be the best governed by his way, the british King and the ministers held execute power. He oversimplified the British system. France, United States, and Latin America nations use separation of powers in new constitutions. -
François Marie Arouet
The Enlightenment:
Voltaire published more tan 70 books of political essays, philosophy, and drama. European monarchs reduced or eliminated censorship, and persecution religion. -
The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was an European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and humanity were synthesized into a worldview that gained wide assent in the West and that instigated revolutionary developments in art, philosophy, and politics. Central to Enlightenment thought were the use and celebration of reason, the power by which humans understand the universe and improve their own condition. -
Lord Dunmore
American Revolution:
Many white colonists were alienated by Lord Dunmore’s promise of freedom to slaves who joined the royal army, and were inspired by Thomas Paine’s Common Sense. -
George Washington
American Revolution: Excellent Leadership by George Washington; the aid of such European nations as France; and tactical errors by British commanders contributed to the American victory. -
Charles de Calonne
Charles de Calonne was the controller general of finance appointed by King Louis XVI. Calonne proposed a daring plan to shift the French tax burden from the poor to wealthy nobles and businessmen, suggesting a tax on land proportional to land values and a lessened tax burden for peasants. The French nobility, however, refused to pay these taxes. -
Patrick Henry
American Revolution:
Patrick Henry was a very inspiring person. And just like Washington, this life can speak for itself. He was the most famous orator of the Revolution. He said, "give me liberty or give me death!" He also said, "We must fight. An appeal to arms and to the god of battles is all that is left us. I repeat it, sir, we must fight. -
Jacques-Pierre Brissot
French Revolution;
A member of the Legislative Assembly and National Convention who held a moderate stance and believed in the idea of a constitutional monarchy. After unsuccessfully declaring war on Austria and Prussia, Brissot was removed from the National Convention and lost his life at the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. -
Louis XVI
French Revolution:
Louis XVI was the French king from 1774 to 1792 who was deposed during the French Revolution and executed in 1793. Louis XVI inherited the debt problem left by his grandfather,Louis XV. Because this massive debt overwhelmed all of his financial consultants, Louis XVI was forced to give in to the demands of the Parlement of Paris and convene the Estates-General. -
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft caused a sensation by writing A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, inspiring all the world and making other nations debate about the women's rights. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was Parliament's first serious attempt to assert governmental authority over the colonies -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleoneon's Empire:
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century, he was well known as a great strategist and an ambicious conqueror. -
The Boston Massacre
American Revolution:
The 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. -
Frederick William III
Napoleonic Empire:
Frederick William III was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840, during the napoleoneon's empire. Steering a careful course between France and her enemies, after a major military defeat in 1806, he eventually and reluctantly joined the coalition against Napoleon in the Befreiungskriege. -
American Revolution
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American Revolution
The american revolution was the war that the americans fought against the influenced political ideas and revolutions. The nation now known as United States of America won its freedom from one of the most powerfull contries of all time. -
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
A declaration of rights made by the representatives of the people of Virginia, assembled in full and free convention. -
Alexander I
Alexander I was a Czar and emperor of Russia from 1801 to 1825. For a time he allied with Napoleon under the Treaty of Tilsit, but ultimately he joined the alliance that defeated Napoleon. -
French Revolution
The french revolution was not only one of the most inpiring events, but it was also one of the first "Revolution" of all time, French citizens razed and redesigned their country’s political landscape, uprooting centuries-old institutions such as absolute monarchy and the feudal system -
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French Revolution
The french revolution was not only one of the most inpiring events, but it was also one of the first "Revolution" of all time, French citizens razed and redesigned their country’s political landscape, uprooting centuries-old institutions such as absolute monarchy and the feudal system -
Fall of the Bastille
French Revolution:
An angry crowd marched on the Bastille, a medieval fortress in east Paris that was mostly housing political prisoners -
Dissolution of the National Assembly
French Revolution:
The long awaited constitution finally came into effect on September 30, 1791. -
Attack on the Tuileries Palace
French Empire:
Acrowd of about 20,000 people attacked the Tuileries Palace -
Napoleoneon's Empire
Napoleon begins his Egyptian Campaign -
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Napoleonic Empire
Napoleon's empire was the first french empire. One of the most powefull empires at the begginings of the 19th century. -
Napoleon sells Louisiana territory to the U.S.
Napoleonic Empire:
Napoleon sells Louisiana territory to the U.S. -
Holland annexed to France
Napoleonic Empire:
Holland annexed to France -
Napoleon is exiled
Napoleonic Empire:
Napoleon is exiled to St. Helena, an island in the remote South Atlantic, in which escape would be virtually impossible.