Stearns chapter 18

  • Period: 1300 to 1450

    Italian Renaissance

    This is significant because many innovations arrived during the renaissance.
  • Period: 1450 to 1519

    Life of Leonardo de vinci

    This is significant because Leonardo designed many new inventions and changed the world.
  • 1455

    First European printing press

    this is significant because literature and religion could spread easily
  • 1490

    France and Spain invade Italian city states

    This is significant because this is the start of the decline of Italy.
  • Period: 1500 to

    Commercial revolution

    This is significant because commerce changed drastically after and later lead towards capitalism.
  • 1517

    Beginning of Protestant revolution

    This is significant because Catholicism would have to change to stay during the protestant revolution.
  • Period: 1564 to

    Life of Galileo

    This is significant because he made many advances in astronomy.
  • Period: to

    Thirty Years War

    This was Significant because millions of lives changed religiously, politically, or socially.
  • Period: to

    Decline of witchcraft trials

    this is important because the witchcraft trials ended the lives of around 100,000 people.
  • Period: to

    European population boom

    This is significant because Europe is starting to become the Europe we know now.