Timeline Liberalism By Der André Period: 1543 to 1688 Scientific Revolution Period: 1685 to 1815 Enlightenment Period: 1688 to 1689 Glorious Revolution Period: 1754 to 1763 Seven Years War 1765 Stamp Act 1773 Boston Tea Party 1774 First Continental Congress 1775 Second Continental Congress 1776 American Independence 1776 USA Declaration of Independence 1783 Treaty of Paris Recognizes American Independence Period: 1788 to 1789 French Revolution 1789 Storming of Bastille 1789 Declaration of Rights of the Man and Citizen 1804 Napoleon Crowned Emperor 1810 Mexican Independence Period: 1814 to 1815 Congress of Vienna 1815 Allies defeat Napoleon