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The Manchu took the Ming Dynasty , giving them China's largest empire
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Chris was the first European here, not the first ever. He came, se saw, and he killed some Native Americans!
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The French Revolution arises when the peasants have better government ideas
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The 3rd Estate in France has revolted against the high ranking residents and has taken over the Bastille Fortress. I think this is the start of what was rememebered as the French Revolution
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John locke was an English philosopher who preesented Enlightenment ideas and was responsible for the Natural Rights philosophy. That was the fuel for both the American and French Revolutions
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The Treaty of Torsedillas was generally a treaty created and signed by the Catholic church which split the while world between Spain and Portugal
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Hernan Cortez was a Spanish conquistador that took down the Aztecs, the largest native tribe in the Americas. He does this with the advanced tech they had and sickness that they brought along. Also, the Aztecs weren't liked for any reason
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This 700-year war was an effort to drive the Muslims out of Spain and it was successful. This finally ended in 1492 and this gave the Spanish the midset and experience to conquer the new world
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The Manchu Empire takes China and restricts any and all trade with the west. They also founded the current capital Beijing
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An African monarch. He united all of the rival tribes to fight of the Boers
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The 3rd Estate meet at what is now remembered as the Tennis Court Oath and start up fresh new government ideas. This was another factor that started the French Revolution
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Joan of Arc was a French girl who freed France from the 100 Year War against England. she was jailed later and then jumped out only twinsting her ankle. Burned and killed for being a "witch"
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Thomas Beckett was killed and it was all for the sake of power! Jeeze, people then just wanted all the power and glory for themselves. That's all this showed, the struggle for power back in his time
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William takes hold of England and his doings have changed the history of the English language for good!
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The Bubonic Plague, or Black Death, destroys the population of Europe, killing one in three people that lived. This greatly impeded the prgress of academics and literature
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Martin Luther was a philosopher that wrote the 95 Theses . Later on, those theses led to revolts, revolutions, and the start of another religion called Lutheranism
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This was when the Roman Catholic and the Greek Orthodox churches split apart. This was the very first time that's happened to any church
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Mary 1stm or Bloody Mary, was a ruler and tried to make England Catholic. Her ruling lead to religion persecution
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Leonardo da Vinci takes lead as he expands body knowledge and brings around medical advances
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The Crusades were really a religious series of wars that were wages by the Catholic Church because they were wanting to drive the Muslims out of the land and to also take that land back
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napoleon 3rd comes to power but ot everyones disappointment, he's a fake after promising things only to get people to like him so that he could gain more power. He takes complete control to where he wins every election and all of the newspapers have nothing but nice things to say about him
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After being baited by France, Napoleon takes on Otto von Bismark head on with an unprepared army and gets crushed!
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This Encomienda System that the Spanish created was meant only for them. It was originally meant to Christianize the Native Americans but it essentially enslaved them
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Queen Victoria lives and rules England from 1837-1901. She did not know how to die. Anyways, she changed the lives of people over there greatly by changing up the death penalty and restricting it, she banned slavery, and also improved the working conditions
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The Seven Year War, although it was really 9 years that it lasted, was started between the French and British
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Lenin was the leader of the bolsheviks and didn't like the Monarchy because the Czar executed his brother
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The Reds (Lenin) fought the Whites (Czar Loyalists) and won. Lenin was brutal afterwards though because of the Czar. After he took them dowm, the country took a serious downturn as they experienced famine and millions dead. The country was in ruins
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Vladimir Lenin returns from his exile in Siberia, ready to take down the government. So he starts the November Revolution. This was after Lenin came back and promised the people "Peace, bread, and land" of their own
