Unit 1-7 Timeline

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  • Period: 1450 to

    Age of Discovery

    Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas (1492)
  • Period: 1500 to

    Height of the Renaissance

    Martin Luther posts the 95 Theses(1517)
    Cortes conquers the Aztecs in Mexico(1518)
    Calvin creates a new form of Protestantism (1530)
    Henry VIII splits from Catholic Church(1534)
  • Period: 1517 to

    Protestant Reformation

    Martin Luther posts the 95 Theses (1517)
    Cortes conquers the Aztecs in Mexico(1518)
    Calvin creates a new form of Protestantism (1530)
    Henry VIII splits from Catholic Church(1534)
  • Period: 1540 to

    Scientific Revolution

    Copernicus creates heliocentric theory(1543)
    Elizabeth I creates the Anglican Church(1558)
    Charles II takes power(1660)
    Newton creates the Laws of Gravity (1660)
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    English Civil War

    War
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    Enlightenment

    William and Mary take power (1688)
    Locke writes the Two Treatises of Government(1689)
    Locke writes the Two Treatises of Government(1748)
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    Age of Revolutions

    Napoleon takes power (1799)
    Haitian Independence(1804)
    Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexican Revolution(1810)
    Simon Bolivar helps Venezuela with independence (1811)
    Congress of Vienna meets(1815)
    Simon Bolivar helps Peru with independence(1821)
    The U.S. issues the Monroe Doctrine(1823)
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    American Revolution

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    French Revolution

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    Reign of Terror

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    Napoleonic Wars

    war

  • Unification of Germany