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Scientific Revolution Inventions 1
Galileo Galilei
He invented the telescope, pendulum clock, thermometer, and water pump. -
Scientific Revolution Inventions 2
Johannes Kepler
Around 1599, he invented The Three Laws of Planetary Motion. -
English Civil War Petition of Rights; 1628
King could not jail people without a good reason.
King could not make taxes without Parliament's approval.
King could not keep his soldiers in peoples homes. -
English Civil War Restoration 1660
People grew tired of the severe, religious rule of Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans; many wanted a king again.
In 1660, Charles The First son became King of England-Charles The Second was called "Merry Monarch" because he brought back theaters, events, dancing and he got along with Parliament.
So he "restored" the nation. -
Enlightenment The Age of Reason
The Scientific Revolution convinced many European thinkers about power of reason.
Scientific method and reason led to discoveries about the physical world. -
English Civil War Glorious Revolution 1688
James The Second fled to France when he realized he had little support from England.
This peaceful transfer of power was called the Glorious Revolution of 1688 -
Colonization of Ireland
The British colonized Ireland after they conquered the island. The protestant people colonized there. -
Enlightenment Voltaire
Outspoken philosopher, often wrote using satire.
Defended principles of freedom of speech.
Famous quote: "I do not agree with a word a you say but will defend to the death your right to say it." -
Olaudah Equiano
Born in 1745 and became the first African American to publish a book. -
Australia Colonization
Australia was uninhabited so Britain sent criminals there to be exiled. People started to like being there and started their own country. -
Enlightenment Mary Wollstonecraft
She argued that women had not been included in the Enlightenment slogan "free and equal".
Wrote the Vindication of the Rights of Woman. -
The French Monarchy
When the French fought back against the inequality. -
Bourgeois Phase
The first stages of the French Revolution. -
Napolean's rise
Napolean was a good fighter but a bad decision maker. -
Peasant Revolt
The third estate or peasants led a revolt on the other estates because of taxes. -
Radical Phase
This was the second and last part of the French Revolution. -
Louis XVI's head
When King Louis XVI was guillutined by the Revolutionaries. -
Legion of Honor
Napolean was received with the Legion of Honor for his fighting. -
Naploean's defeat, Battle of Trafalgar
This is when France navy went up against Britain's navy and lost.
This was Napolean's first loss in a battle there will be plenty more to come. -
Pennisular War
This was one of Napolean's biggest mistakes. He started a war with Spain which led to his downfall. -
Greece Revolution
This is Greece took back their independence from the Ottoman Empire. -
Micheal Sadler
Micheal Sadler proposed a bill limiting hours in all factory mill that people under 10 years of age should not work long. -
Factory Act
This when there was protesting about child labor in factories. -
New Poor Law
This is when the people of England came together to protest once again to protest to the government on poor housing. -
Queen Victoria
She became Queen in 1837 at age 18. -
Opium Trade
British wanted to sell a sleep drug called Opium to the Chinese people and it was a big success but people became addicts. -
Mine and forge
This is an event that took place from 1820 through 1840. The people figured out that coal was more powerful then water. -
Opium Wars
Once the Chinese Government banned Opium they started to sneak Opium. This started the Opium wars and a lot of people died. -
Locomotive Invented
This is another name for the train. This is when it was invented. It was invented for traveling conveniances. -
The Victorian Way of Life
During the time Queen Victoria was Queen she made rules and manners society. Dressing up a certain and talking a certain is critical to your status in society. -
Crystal Palace Exhibit
This when all the countries came together to show off the new inventions. -
The Cremean War
Russia lost their alliance to Ottoman Empire, Britain, and Sardinia. They fought for resources and land. -
The Sepoy Mutiny
Most of the Indian people were Muslim, so when they found out that the guns the British made the Sepoys were greased with pig fat they refused to use them so they were arrested. That caused a revolt. -
Colonization of India
Britain went over to India during the Age of Discovery. They wanted conquest and trade and the found it in India but they tried to rebel. -
Revolution against Louis Napolean
The people didn't like how he worked and what laws he passed. So the people of France revolted but they failed. -
John Newton
He was a slave ship captain who was converted and became a preacher and wrote Amazing Grace. -
Colonization of Japan
Japan saw how China's Government fell apart after they made a treaty with the British, so instead of being allies with the British. Japan decided to be allies with the United States. -
Victorians and death
Victorians were kind or the ones starting funerals and taking pictures of the dead called post moredom. -
Colonization of Africa
Britain colonized there and tried to take over. Plus it was good for trading and the slave trade. -
Russo-Japanese War
Russian was trying to take over Japan like the British did to China but Japan resisted and won that war. -
Thomas Edison
He invented the first lightbulb. -
South African Colonization War
Italy wanted wanted to take control of South Africa. But the Boers wouldn't it happen and they defeated the Italians. -
Mussolini
Mussolini was an Italian Fascist politician and leader. -
The telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone . -
Colonizatiton of The Middle East
Different countries were coming from around the world trying to take over The Middle East because of the resources they had and fought over the resources. -
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was a German Fascist leader and soldier. -
Alfred Dreyfus
He was tried and sent to jail for taking classified papers. -
Wright Brothers
Wright Brothers were the people to invent the first airplane. -
Rise of Japanese Militarism
The time when Japan's military could dominate. -
The Assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand
The assassination was the spark that started the war. -
German's Attack
German's made their attack in the war made a lot of casualties. -
First Tanks
Tanks were introduced in 1917, they were very unreliable but they were also a very good asset. -
Rasputin's Death
Rasputin was a member of the royal family in Russia. But caused a bad reputation for himself and was killed. -
Henry Ford
Made the affordable car and first ford called The Model T Ford. -
The Execution of the Royal Family
The Royal Family was taken by the revolutionary groups called the Bolsheviks. They tricked the family into getting up late at night for a picture and was executed. -
Treaty of Versailles
This was when all the nations involved with the war were to make a treaty. But it ended up taking away Germany's military which they was unfair. -
Lenin's Death
Lenin's death was bad. He was deeply by everyone in Russia. -
Weimar Republic
The unofficial designation for the German state during the years of 1919-1933. -
Stalin Genocide
Staling caused a genocide by reducing the crops in the country land which then started a famine. -
Reichstag Fire
Hitler's henchman set fire to the Reichstag symbolizing a new age. -
The First Concentration Camp
The first concentration camp was in Dachu. 31,951 people were killed. And there was 180,000 inmates in the camp. -
World War 2
Beginning of World War 2 was a lot to deal with. It was fought by the Allies vs the Axis Powers. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan decided to attack Hawaii, which led to Bombing of Heroshima and was the first attack in the war. -
Germany's Last Offense
Hitler's last offense in World War 2 was The Battle Of The Bulge. -
Hitler's Death
Once World War 2 started to end, Germany started losing and Hitler committed suicide. -
End Of Holocaust
The end of the holocaust was in 1945. By this time 6 million Jews were killed. Mass murder. -
The first Atomic Bomb Dropped in Heroshima.
The first atomic bomb was dropped by Paul Tibbets, it killed over 10,000 people which stopped World War 2. It was dropped in Japan. -
Japan Surrendering
Japan surrendered in World War 2 after the first atomic bomb attack on Heroshima. -
German Unconditional Surrender
Germany surrendered to America right before the Heroshima Bombing. -
Stalin"s death
Suprisingly after all the deaths and blood that were on his hands people cried liked they did with Lenin and missed him at his funeral.
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