Review Timeline By SamRoscher Period: 1450 to 1600 Age of Discovery 1492 Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas Period: 1500 to 1700 Height of the Renaissance 1517 Martin Luther posts 95 Theses Period: 1517 to 1648 Protestant Reformation 1518 Cortes conquers the Aztecs In Mexico 1530 Calvin creates a new form of Protestantism 1534 Henry VIII splits from Catholic Church Period: 1540 to 1700 Scientific Revolution 1543 Copernicus creates heliocentric theory 1558 Elizabeth I creates the Anglican Church Period: 1642 to 1649 English Civil War 1660 Charles ll takes power (Restoration) 1666 Newton creates the laws of gravity Period: 1685 to 1780 Enlightenment 1688 William and Mary take power in England 1689 Locke writes the Two Treaties of Government 1748 Montesquieu writes the Spirit of Laws Period: 1763 to 1848 Age of Revolutions Period: 1775 to 1783 American Revolution Period: 1789 to 1799 French Rev. Period: 1793 to 1794 Reign of Terror 1799 Napoleon takes power 1804 Haitian Independence Period: 1804 to 1815 Napoleonic wars 1810 Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexican Rev. 1811 Simon Bolivar helps Venezuela with independence 1823 The U.S issues the Monroe Doctrine 1871 Unification of Germany