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Apr 8, 1492
Columbus sails to the Americas
Columbus left europe to find easy access to asia but ended up in the land of north america. -
Apr 16, 1521
Cortez conquers the Aztecs
cortez the conquistador of spain,went to central america and he discovered new lands and a lot of new things. -
Apr 16, 1530
Copernicus presents the Heliocentric Theory
Copernicus was an astronomer and he believed the sun was in the center of the universe and it ended up being true . -
Absolutism
there were fights over religon and territory and everyone had really big armys and that led to taxes so everyone was afraid and they wanted and absolute leader because of it -
English Settle Jamestown
they called themselves pilgrims because uh they were leaving england and their voyage was a really long voyage. -
Louis XIV of France begins his reign
Louis XIV was the longest reigning king in history he ruled during the french revloution and he was killed because of it -
peter the great rules russia
Peter was trying to westernize russia and he ruled with his half brother. he wanted a warm water port that helped trade. -
Glorious Revolution in England
They were planning to overthrow the king. there was a lot of war going on and the government was trying to sort things out. -
tennis court oath
When the 3rd estate met up and tried to write a new constitution. The national assembly helped write it. -
French Revolution begins
When the 3rd estate started standing up for themselves & going against the government they also wanted representation and if they didn't get it they would overthrow the king -
The king is killed
Louis was killed because he tried to run away from his problems in the country instead of facing them head on and his wife was later killed for putting the country in debt. -
Maxs reign of terror
max was a lawyer and polictican he spoke out for the 3rd estate during the french revloution and he ruled during he reign of terror he was killed in 1794 -
Napoleon conquers most of Europe
Napoleon took france and wanted to conquer england by taking them over he had to wage wars on englands ali's and trading partners
