Units two through seven

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  • Renaissance begins
    Dec 14, 1300

    Renaissance begins

    The Renaissance is the rebirth of classical ideas, arts, and learning. Mew iintelectual and artistic ideas develope during the Renaissance marked the "birth" of the modern world
  • Byzantine capital of Constantinople
    Dec 14, 1400

    Byzantine capital of Constantinople

    The muslim ottomans conquered constantinople and renamed it Instanbul.
  • The navigational school.
    Dec 14, 1418

    The navigational school.

    Prince Henery founded this school in Portugal. The goal of the school was to teach people how to navigate.
  • Nicholaus copernicus developed the heliocentic theory
    Dec 14, 1473

    Nicholaus copernicus developed the heliocentic theory

    Nicholaus believed that the sun was the center of the universe. Thus helio meaning 'sun" and centeric meaning "center".
  • Columbus's First voyage
    Apr 14, 1492

    Columbus's First voyage

    A voage made by columbus that was financed by spain so that columbus could find a direct rout to asia by going around the world.
  • Treaty of Tordesillas
    Dec 14, 1493

    Treaty of Tordesillas

    portugal though that spain was claiming land that had already been clamed portugal. Pope alexander VI drew a line dividing the atlantic ocean (line of demarcation)
  • Michelangelo's "David"
    Dec 14, 1501

    Michelangelo's "David"

    This a sculpture of a man named David that was portrayed after his defeting of a giant name Goliath.
  • Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa"
    Dec 14, 1503

    Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa"

    A portrait thought to be of Lisa Gherardini.
  • Michelangelo's painting of "The sistine Chapel"
    Dec 14, 1508

    Michelangelo's painting of "The sistine Chapel"

    A masterpiece with out precedent that was to change the course of Western Art.
  • Praise of Folly
    Dec 14, 1509

    Praise of Folly

    A book writen by Erasmus that pokes fun at merchants, heartsick lovers, quarrelsome scholars and pompous priests.
  • Pizzaro conquers the Inca
    Dec 14, 1532

    Pizzaro conquers the Inca

    Within 20 years Pizzaro and his group had concoured the inca territory with their riches and everything.
  • Cortez conquers the aztecs
    Dec 14, 1563

    Cortez conquers the aztecs

    spanish conquesters defeted the aztecs. some reasons cortez defeted the aztecs : 1. technology( superiour wepons), 2. help from the natives, and 3. disese
  • Galileo Galilel

    Galileo Galilel

    He used the telescope to support heliocentric theory. He was a physist, mathmatition, astrotomer,and philosopher.
  • William Harvy

    William Harvy

    discovered the circulation of blood. This was discovered throughout the whole body . He also wrote the book "Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals"
  • The Tragedy of Julius Ceasar

    One of many Shakespere plays that portrays cesar and his death.
  • Johannes Kepler discovered the planetary motion

    Johannes Kepler discovered the planetary motion

    Johannes discovered that the plantets dont travel in a circle , that their rotation was more like an oval.
  • Thomas Hobbes

    Thomas Hobbes

    Wrote the " leviathan". His ideas were that humans are naturally evil. He also believed that the state should have central wuthority to manage behavior.
  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton

    Descovered the laws of gravity . He said that gravity was the force of attraction exerted on the earth by an object.
  • Oliver cromwells execution of charles the first

    Oliver cromwells execution of charles the first

    oliver cromwell, leader of the round heads , had Charles I exicuted for comiting treason.
  • Taj Mahal

    Taj Mahal

    Shah Jahan had this built in his wifes honor when she died.
  • The restoration of Charles the second

    The restoration of Charles the second

    Parliment put charles the first's son, Charles the second, on the thrown. His rule is called the restoration because it restored the monarchy.
  • Louis XIV builds the palace of versailles

    Louis XIV builds the palace of versailles

    Built to represent Louis XIV's pwer and authority.It was ment to impress visitors, show his power,and arouse envy of other monarchs.
  • English bill of rights

    English bill of rights

    said rulers couldnt levy taxes without parliment consent, interfere with freedom of speech in parliment , and penelize a citizen who petitions the king about grievances.
  • Peter the Great  builds st. Petersburg

    Peter the Great builds st. Petersburg

    Built so that there was a seport to the west.
  • John Loke's Two trieties on government

    John Loke's Two trieties on government

    The two trieties on goverment had the ideas that governments power comes from the people. Also that the purpose of government is toprotect peoples rights.
  • The Spirit of law

    The Spirit of law

    Writen by Montesquieu , who was a french writer. This book talked about like it says in it's title spirit and law
  • Jean- Jacques Rousseau The social contract

    Jean- Jacques Rousseau The social contract

    The social contract was made for free individuals to agree to protect their rights.
  • The Declaration of Independance

    The Declaration of Independance

    WRiten by thomas Jefferson. It was based on Lockes Ideas. It argued for natural rights.It also listed grivences as justification for revolution.
  • Storming of Bastille

    Storming of Bastille

    People gathered weapons in order to defend paris against the kings swiss. they storm the Bastille to get gun powder. This becomes the symbol of and the begining of the French Revolution.
  • the american colonies win endipendance from england.

    the american colonies win endipendance from england.

    The americans now have freedom of religion. The also have freedoms of speech ,press and even more.
  • Reign of Terror

    Reign of Terror

    As many as 40,000 people were executed! An extream radical group took over France.
  • Congress of Vienna meets

    Congress of Vienna meets

    An attempt to restore Europe as it had been before the French Revolution and nepoleons conquest.
  • Napoleon Dies

    Napoleon Dies

    Napoleon makes alot of mistakes. He ha a 112 day rule. He is the exiled to st.Helen
  • Glorious revolution

    Glorious revolution

    Parliment invited William and mary to replace James the second for sake of protestantism. This was a bloodless revolution.
  • Death of Louis XIV

    Death of Louis XIV

    Louis was tried for trason by national convention,