ap euro chap 6/7

By fieldm
  • Period: 1500 to

    Scientific Revolution

    General timeline for the Scientific Revolution, which was a period where people began to challenge the commonly held beliefs about the world. Those beliefs were based on ancient Greek thinking and philosophers like Aristotle, and were supported by the Catholic Church. New ideas went against ancient Greek thinking and the Church
  • 1543

    Nicolas Copernicus's book was published

    the book outlined his heliocentric model

  • heliocentric model is widely accepted

    AROUND 1640

  • founding of royal society of london

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    Enlightenment

    a period where people applied methods of rational thinking and the scientific method to social and human institutions. They believed that ideas and methods of thought by people like Galileo, Kepler, and Newton could improve society, they could discover the laws of society with the scientific method, and that enlightenment thinking would lead to improvements in humanity.

  • Principia was published

    Isaac Newton's book about the law of universal gravitation and his laws of motion

  • bank of england founded

  • death of queen anne

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    Hanoverian Rule

    the period when teh German House of Hanover ruled Great Britain. Queen Anne was the last reigning Stuart, and when she died in 1714, the throne passed to George I, elector of Hanover

  • first jacobite rebellion/fifteen rebelliob

    a scheme to get son of James II onto the throne. James III, or "the pretender", had been exiled due to his catholicism, but wanted to get the throne back. his supporters were called Jacobites believed James III could be king if he converted from Catholicism, and they rebelled against George I. it was unsuccessful

  • South Sea Bubble

    The South Sea Company was a joint stock company in England that a lot of people bought into - it was meant to help with England's debt and it gave England a monopoly on Spanish trade. when it went too far and people started doubting that the SSC could uphold their end of the bargain, they started selling their share and everything crashed -- people lost life savings
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    war of austrian succession

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    reign of frederick ii of prussia

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    reign of maria theresa

    austria

  • second jacobite rebellion/forty-five rebellion

    another rebellion to get a stuart back on the throne. this time it was james iii's son, "Bonnie Prince Charlie" - this one was closer to being successful, but it also didn't work

  • The Diplomatic Revolution

    alliances completely changed -- France and Habsburgs allied. France would get Belgium in return for helping destroy Prussia. Prussia and Britain then allied. French people didn't like the alliance with Austria. One of Maria Theresa's daughters, Marie Antoinette, would be married to Louis XVI as part of the alliance
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    seven years war

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    reign of catherine the great

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    reign of joseph ii of austria

    1765-1780 with maria theresa (his mom), then 1780-1790 solo

  • mary wollstonecraft publishes vindication on the rights of women

  • royal society of london allowed women