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1500
Origin of Protestantism
Movement that began in northern Europe as a reaction to medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices. Protestantism became one of three major forces in Christianity. After a series of European religious wars it spread throughout the world. Wherever Protestantism gained a foothold, it influenced the life of the area.
REFERENCE
Spalding, J. Nelson, C. Bainton R. Chadwick O. Marty, M. (w/d). Protestantism. Retrieved in August 19, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Protestantism -
Period: 1543 to
Scientific Revolution
Scientific Revolution inventions include Nicolaus Copernicus heliocentric universe theory in 1543, Johann Kepler's three laws of planetary motion and Galileo Galilei's theories of motion and inertia. The Scientific Revolution ended with Isaac Newton's discovery of the law of gravitation and understanding of a mechanical universe.
REFERENCE
Szalay, J. (July 7, 2016). What was the enlightment? Retrieved in August 19, 2017, from https://www.livescience.com/55327-the-enlightenment.html -
Period: to
Enlightenment
Also known as the age of Reason, the enlightenment is a philosofical movement that took place in Europe, and later in America. Its participants said they were illuminating human from the "darkness" of the Middle Ages. It rises concepts such as reason, liberty and the scientific method.
REFERENCE
Szalay, J. (July 7, 2016). What was the enlightment? Retrieved in August 19, 2017, from https://www.livescience.com/55327-the-enlightenment.html -
Enlightment Figures
Its major figures are Voltaire, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, David Hume, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant, Isaac Newton and Thomas Jefferson.
REFERENCE
Szalay, J. (July 7, 2016). What was the enlightment? Retrieved in August 19, 2017, from https://www.livescience.com/55327-the-enlightenment.html -
Sugar Act
Law passed by the British Parliament setting a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies impacting the manufacture of rum in New England. The Sugar Act was repealed in 1766 and replaced with the Revenue Act of 1766, which reduced the tax on molasses imports.
REFERENCE
Alchin, L. (February 2017). Taxes in the colonies. Retrieved in August 19, 2017, from https://www.landofthebrave.info/taxes-in-the-colonies.htm -
Stamp Act
Placed a stamp tax on legal papers, newspapers and pamphlets. Vehement opposition by the Colonies, led by patriots such as Patrick Henry, resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766.
REFERENCE
Alchin, L. (February 2017). Taxes in the colonies. Retrieved in August 19, 2017, from https://www.landofthebrave.info/taxes-in-the-colonies.htm -
Boston Massacre
The Britanic guards of the Boston Costums were surrounded and jeered by a group of citizens that were throwing snowballs. The guards los the control when a regiment was attacked. Otherwise to the commands, they shoot to a group of civils, killing 5 people and hurting 6.
REFERENCE
Revere P. (May 24, 2017). The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a Party of the 29th Regt. Retrieved in August 19, 2017, from https://www.wdl.org/es/item/214/ -
Boston Tea Party
Incident in which 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians. The Americans were protesting both a tax on tea and the perceived monopoly of the East India Company.
REFERENCE
The editors of Encyclopedia Britannica (w/d). Boston Tea Party. Retrieved in August 19, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/event/Boston-Tea-Party -
Tea Act
Law passed by the British Parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies, undermining colonial tea merchants. The introduction of the Tea Act led to the Boston Tea Party
REFERENCE
Alchin, L. (February 2017). Taxes in the colonies. Retrieved in August 19, 2017, from https://www.landofthebrave.info/taxes-in-the-colonies.htm -
Coercive acts/Intolerable Acts
The responsive measures to the Boston Tea Party were named the coercive acts. Boston Harbor was closed to trade until the owners of the tea were compensated. Town meetings were banned, and the authority of the royal governor was increased. Just after the coercive acts, it passed the Quebec Act,a law that recognized the Roman Catholic Church as the established church in Quebec.
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UShistory (w/d). The intolerable acts. Retrieved in August 19, 2017, from http://www.ushistory.org/us/9g.asp -
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American Revolution
Insurrection by which 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. Until early in 1778 the conflict was a civil war within the British Empire, but afterward it became an international war as France, Spain and the Netherlands joined the colonies against Britain.
REFERENCE
Willard. M. W. (June 7, 2017). American Revolution. Retrieved in August 19, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Revolution
