Revolution A.JONES Homeroom: Bell 1

By kandiswagg
  • Sep 18, 1543

    Heliocentric Theory

    Heliocentric Theory
    1543- Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
    Copernicus was a thinker who thought that the sun was the center of the universe, rather than the Earth.Copernicus started the begininning of the Scientific Revolution.

  • Thomas Hobbes

    Thomas Hobbes
    1651-Hobbes publishes Leviathan
    The Leviathan written by Thomas Hobbes stated human beings in the state of nature, where life is ''nasty, brutish and short''. Hobbes was an English Philosopher; his Leviathan was most influential to the social contract theory.

  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton
    1687-Newton publishes treatise on law of gravity
    Newton introduced the term gravity after he saw an applefalling onto the ground in his garden. Gravity is the force of attraction exerted by the earth on an object. The main idea of Newtons Law of Universal Gravitation.

  • The social contract

    The social contract
    1762-The Social Contract is published
    The social Contract was written bt Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
    Rousseau believed in self government, or self rule.

  • American Colonists

    American Colonists
    1776-American colonies declare independence
    The Declaration of Independence announced that the 13 American colonies are independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.

  • French revolution

    French revolution
    1789-Start of french revolution
    The French Revolution was a period of political and social major changes in France that had a huge impact on past history and how our world is today.

  • The Storming of the Bastille

    1789-Storming of the Bastille
    This event was a huge turning point in the French Revolution. This scared King Louis XVI. Today July 14-Bastiile Day- is celebrated as a national holiday in France.

  • Mary Wollstonecraft

    Mary Wollstonecraft
    1792-Mary Wollstonecraft publishes '' A Vindication of the Rights of Women''
    Mary believed in equal rights for both men and women.

  • King Louis XVI execution

    King Louis XVI execution
    1793-King Louis XVI is executed; the Reign of Terror begins
    Louis was unsuited to deal with the finacial problems they have been coming across.King Louis was viewed a weak leader. One day after being sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis is executed by the guiiotine. Nine months later his wife-Marie Antoinette was also executed by the guillotine.

  • Napoleon

    Napoleon
    1804-Napoleon crowns himself as emperor
    Napoleon crowns himself before the Pope, after the Pope was supposed to perform the ceremony.He was emperor of France for 11 years.The ceremony took place at Notre Dame in Paris. Napoleon turned the armies of the French Empire against the European, and was known as ''scourge of Europe''.