Important events

Cards (14)

  • Contextualization
    • Renaissance
    • Age of Exploration
    • Reformation
    • Scientific Revolution
    • Absolutism
    • Enlightenment
    • French Revolution
    • Industrial Revolution
    • Imperialism
    • World Wars
    • Cold War
    • European Union
  • Renaissance
    North of Classical learning in 15th and 16th centuries
  • Age of Exploration
    Explorations of the New World in 15th and 16th centuries
  • Reformation
    Movement for religious reform in 16th and 17th centuries
  • Scientific Revolution
    Examination of the natural world using the scientific method in 16th and 17th centuries
  • Absolutism
    Monarchs who believed in divine right in 17th and 18th centuries
  • Enlightenment
    Intellectual movement that used the Scientific Revolution in 17th and 18th centuries to make the world a better place
  • French Revolution
    Overthrow of French monarchy in 1789 ending with Napoleonic wars in 1815
  • Industrial Revolution
    Increased production of machine made goods in 18th and 19th centuries
  • Imperialism
    Takeover of Asia and Africa by Europeans in 19th century
  • World Wars
    • Great War (1914-1919) bankrupts European countries
    • Age of Anxiety (1919-1939) shattered Enlightenment idea that progress would continue and reason would prevail
    • World War 2 (1939-1945) war started by fascists
  • Cold War
    Diplomatic hostility between US and Soviet Union from 1945-1989
  • European Union
    Economic and political unity between states of Europe after Cold War
  • Hub Dates
    • 1492 - Reconquista and Columbus sailed to Americas
    • 1517 - Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses
    • 1555 - Peace of Augsburg
    • 1588 - Defeat of Spanish Armada
    • 1648 - Peace of Westphalia
    • 1688 - Glorious Revolution
    • 1756 - Diplomatic Revolution
    • 1776 - Adam Smith published the Wealth of Nations
    • 1789 - French Revolution begins
    • 1815 - Congress of Vienna
    • 1848 - Nationalist revolutions across Europe
    • 1871 - German Unification
    • 1885 - Berlin Conference
    • 1914 - Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
    • 1917 - Russian Revolution
    • 1919 - Treaty of Versailles
    • 1939 - Nazi Soviet Pact
    • 1968 - Prague Spring
    • 1989 - Fall of the Berlin Wall
    • 1993 - European Union begins