Social Studies Timline

By KassyD
  • 1300

    Renaissance

    A period in European history that is characterized by a renewed interest. During so, urbanization occured.
  • 1450

    Feudalism

    During this medieval age, monarchy was the main government system. Usually tyranny of the minority was in place because the king was the one in power. Its a Right Wing idea.
  • 1517

    Reformation

    movement aimed at the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church.

  • Thomas Hobbes

    Hobbes was a philospher during his time. His social contract is that a Leviathan should control society because people are incapable of controlling themselves. Negative freedoms should be applied and all freedoms should be given to the elite for society to succeed.

  • John Locke

    John Locke's social contract Humans are rational and deserve economic freedom, individual rights and private property. He also believed in classical liberalism and the government should protect civil liberties. Life, liberty and property. Also believed in Tabula Rasa and egalitarianism.

  • Enlightment

    An intellectual movement that changed peoples minds about beliefs, religon, reason, nature and human beings.

  • Montesquieu

    Montesquieu believed in the separation of powers.

  • Voltaire

    Voltaire believed in freedom of speech and thought. He was also a radical.

  • Rousseau

    General will of the people. Believes man is good by nature but get corrupted by society.

  • Smith

    Smith was known as the father of capitalism. He also believed in Laissez-Faire and free market.

  • Edmund Burke

    Burke believed society should be a hierarchy with those best suited to lead at the top. (Elitism) Leaders should be humanitarian, but care for others. And society must be stable and that can only be achieved through law, orders and customs. He was also reactionary and classical conservatism.

  • Industrial Revolution

    During the industrial revolution there was a rapid development of industry. Luddites were in fury about their jobs being taken over by machines and chartists started a working class movement during this time period. And unions were formed.

  • Robert Owens

    Owens was one of the founders on utopian socialism. He created New Lanark and New Harmony. He created a work place with great conditions and socialistic communites. Collectivism played a key role.

  • Forms of Dictatorship

    Despot, junta, Oligarchy, absolutism, authoritarism and fascism.

  • Mill

    Mill believed in the utilitarisanism, mostly of the ideology of liberalism. Greatest good for the greatest number of people and you're free to do whatever you want, as long as you're not harming others. Also Tyranny of the majority.

  • Haudenosaunee Confederacy

    First Nations set up their own democracy, basis of the American voting system. They had Representational Democracy, which the clan mothers were the representatives. They also used Direct Democracy. Established early 18th century.

  • Karl Marx

    Marx's socialism theories were best known as Marxism, even though he didn't totally believe in it. He thought in Capitalism the conflict between the bourgeoisie controlling the proletariat, enables the labour power for the low pay. Believes in dictatorship of the proletariat. Marx is Left Wing.

  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Teddy Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States. He also invented the square deal. Teddy also believed in progressivism. He created trusts busting to help with the Robber Barons issue. He also used regulations.

  • Gilded Age

    A point in time when the US population and economy grew quickly, there were many wealthy people

  • BNA Act

    British North American Act is a series of acts at the core of the constitution of Canada. Persons case was implemented

  • Canada

    Canada is a country based off of rights and freedoms. Some of its moderate characteristics include Public Property, Private Property, Collective Rights, Cooperation, Collective Interest, Self Interest and Individual Rights.

  • RB Bennett

    Prime minister. Promised to find work for those willing, promised provinces $20 million in emergencies funds, and introduced the Canadian version of the New Deal. He was the symbol of failures.

  • Lenin

    Lenin took Marx's communist theories and created Marxism-Leninism. The civil war just ended but war communism had just begun. He also invented the New Economic policy that implemented Marxism-Leninism, returned private ownership and control over the commanding heights of the economy and some other positive freedoms.

  • Nellie McClung

    Nellie McClung was a politition. She was a part of the social and moral reforms movements in western Canada. She was involved in the suffrage movement and was also a suffragette who struggled with disenfranchisement.

  • Mackenzie King

    King was very confident with his words and speeches. He was the
    founder of CBC and Nationalized Bank of Canada. He set up safety nets making a version minimum wage and a pensions.

  • Stalin

    Stalin was in politics and governed the soviet union. He abandoned Lenins, New Economic policy for the for command economy. Stalin created the Five Year Plan, & also started purges. He believed in Marxism-Leninsim, but went full communism & developed the cult of personality, gosplan and the gulag. Stalin took control, & had a centrally planned economy. He also wanted to improve the efficiency of agricultrue and eliminate the kulak class of land owners. Stalin created Holodomor

  • FDR

    This US president was the first to convert Keynes theories. He invented the New Deal and alphabet laws.

  • Triple Alliance

    An alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy.

  • Keynes

    Keynes was involved in economics. He supported Fiscal polices. Keynes policies are save money during booms and spend during bust. Keynes also used demand side.

  • Adolf Hitler

    Hitler as the author of Mein Kampf and the leader of the Nazi reign. While Germany was suffering with hyperinflation, Hitler stepped in and introduced his ideas of fascism. A fire starts at Rechstag and Hitler declares a state of emergency and suspends civil liberties, this is also called the Enabling Act. He also uses the Sunset Clause. Before Hitler came to power he used appeasement to get what he wanted back. Later using the Jews as scapegoats and putting them into concentration camps.

  • Adolf Hitler part two

    Hitler ended Weimar Rublic government with his dictatorial powers. Hitler would do anything he could to keep his powers such as Controlled Participation and Indoctrination, to change people's perspectives. Hitler also ended the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact between Nazi's and the Soviets. The Nazi party was a fascist, totalitarian state. Hitler also ruled with absolutism and authoritarianism. He used a false flag as well.

  • Triple Entente

    An alliance of France, Russia and Great Britain.

  • Hayek

    Hayek promoted the idea that private investment, rather than government spending, would promote subtainable growth. Supply side economics. Supported monetary policies.

  • Ronald Reagan

    Implemented reaganomics, related to thatcherism. Opponents often use the trickle down theory to attack Reagan.

  • Central Powers

    Consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.

  • Treaty of Versailles

  • The Great Depression

    Economic crisis for USA, Canada and the world.

  • Yalta and Potsdam

    Allies gathered together to discuss post war measures.

  • Iron Curtain

  • The Marshall Plan

    Marshall came up with a plan that all the allies could agree on. Thought a Germany that could prosper would benefit everyone. Also tied in with the Truman Doctrine to support other countries.

  • Tactics of the Cold War

    Some tactics used were prestige, puppet states, proxy wars, espionage, arms race, space race deterrence, detente, balance of power, brinkmanship, mutually assured destruction, sphere of influence, expansion, containment and satellite states.

  • Cold War

    SALT/START was made during the cold war.

  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    A resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United States. Outlines the human rights which all people are entitled to.

  • Berlin Blockade

  • Berlin Airlift

  • NATO

  • Korean War

  • Neoconservative

    Neoconservatives believes in deregulation and cutting taxes with less government involvement.

  • Vietnam War

  • Warsaw Pact

  • Quiet Revolution

  • Bay Of Pigs

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Jim Crow Laws

    Jim Crow Laws was said to be equal amoungst the white people and black. However, it clearly displays racial segregation.

  • Prague Spring

  • October Crisis

    During this Canadian crisis, the FLQ, a terrorist group kidnapped James Cross and Pierre LaProte. They ended up killing LaPorte. Pierre Trudeau used the Emergencies Act and the War Measures Act, which kind of relates to illiberalism.

  • Mahar Arar

    Arar was travelling for work when he got arrested in the USA. He was falsey accused of being a terrorist and was denied his rights as a Canadain citizen.

  • Soviet/Afghan War

  • Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms

    A document entrenched in the Constitution Act, that list and describes the fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed to Canadians.

  • Peresrokia

  • Glasnot

  • 911

    911 was a terrorist attack that took the world by stand still. During this Canada passed the Anti-Terrorism Act and the US passing the Patriot Act.

  • No Fly List

    The no fly list is a protection program to protect other passengers from individuals who are detected as a threat. There is many different opinions on this.

  • PRICES

    P-Private Property
    R-Rule Of Law
    I-Individual Rights And Freedoms
    C-Competition
    E-Economic Control
    S-Self Interest