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After the Black Death which killed between 75 and 200 million people ,doctors started to work out how the human body worked by examining dead bodies. They also improved the ways of fixing people.
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The river lock is a device that raises and lowers the water level to get on different stretches of water.
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The Printing Press is a machine that had ink that printed words. It helped write books and newspapers faster.
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They were a big help to many people who were half blind.
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Ships hulls became more sturdy and streamlined. So they could travel to other places that were further away like America, Australia and India.
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Leonardo Da Vinci came up with the idea of the canal. A canal is a water way like a river which helped ships go to other towns.
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People were allowed to worship any religion or no religion even.
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There were only three hospitals in England in 1550. And out of 200,000 people, 500 people were licenced doctors.
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When the English made it to South America, they found a plant which grew a vegetable on it. It grew all year round so they started growing it in England. Suddenly noone was starving because they could grow potatoes all year round.
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William Harvey discovered how blood circulates by examaning dead bodies.
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The Civil War in England was waged for almost ten years. When it fininished the king and queen had no power. As a result of this people started to make more money and get betteer education and houses.
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It was a terrifying fire that lasted from the 2nd of September to the 5th of September.
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In the 1700's steam was found to be a useful suurce of power.
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It made it alot easier to farm crops and helped industry. People could farm much faster.
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Many things were invented around this time to help speed up production in factories etc.