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PREHISTORY (3000 B.C)
Prehistory (meaning "before history", or "before knowledge acquired by investigation", from the Latin word for "before," and historia) is the span of time before recorded history or the invention of writing systems. Prehistory can refer to the period of human existence before the availability of those written records with which recorded history begins. More broadly, it refers to all the time preceding human existence and the invention of writing. -
476
Antiquity (invention of writing - the fall of the Roman Empire)
Any period before the Middle Ages (476–1453), but still within the period of Western civilization-based human history or prehistory. The term is most often used of Classical antiquity, the classical civilizations of the Mediterranean, especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. -
Jan 1, 600
The Middle Ages (the fall of the Roman Empire - Spanish discovery of America) 5th century to 15th century
In European history, the Middle Ages, or Medieval period, lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: Antiquity, Medieval period, and Modern period. The Medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, the High, and the Late Middle Ages. -
Oct 12, 1492
The Early Modern Age (Spanish discovery of America - The French Revolution 1789)
In history, the early modern period of modern history follows the late Middle Ages of the post-classical era. Although the chronological limits of the period are open to debate, the timeframe spans the period after the late portion of the post-classical age (c. 1500), known as the Middle Ages, through the beginning of the Age of Revolutions (c. 1800) and is variously demarcated by historians as beginning with the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, with the Renaissance or the Age of Discovery and en -
Jan 1, 1500
Early Moder Society
- First and Second Estates: clergy & nobility: no taxes, living by the rent from their lands
- Third Estate: They paid taxes o Upper middle class: bourgeoisie: bankers, traders… o Lower middle class: petit bourgeoisie: smiths… o Peasantry: labourers
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Jan 1, 1530
Renaissance and Baroque art.
- Renaissance: Humanism
- Baroque: Reformation and Counter-Reformation
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Carlos III and the prohibition of long capes and wide-brimmed hasts)
Carlos III wanted to prohibit traditional long capes an wide-brimmed hats because they allowed criminals to conceal their faces and weapons. Bourbons also adopted measures relating to other social groups. In order to eliminate the power which they had over education, the Jesuits were expelled from Spain. -
The Modern Age (the French Revolution - Today)
It´s the process which starts with the french revolution and it continious today. -
The Age of Discovery
- New routes to East Asia, using caravels, compasses
- Consequences: Gold, silver, diseases, slaves, religion, language
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Napoleon
He is First consal FOR LIFE.. -
Napoleon
Napoleon became Emperor in 1804. His policy:
-Domestic policy: he established the Civil Code.
-International policy: in the lands that he conquered, Napoleon imposed enlightened and revolutionary policies, including constitutions that abolished absolute monarchy. -
The steam locomotive
The steam engine in ships and trains revolutionized comunications: the steam locomotive. -
Battle of Trafalgar
French and Spanish forces were defeated by the British -
The first commercial steamship.
The first commercial steamship was created in 1807. -
Treaty of Fontainebleu
The French forces occupied Spain and sent Carlos IV and family to Bayonne. where Carlos and son, Fernando the future Fernando VII, renounced their rights to the Spanish throne in favour of Napoleon, who named his brother, Joseph, new king of Spain. -
Spanish war of independence
2 may 1808 Madrid rose up against French troops. 5 june 1808 Santa Cruz de Mudela. 6 june 1808 Valdepeñas, Finally Bailén was defeated of the French army. -
Cortes de Cádiz
They were approved the first Spanish constitution.
-Goverment: Constitutional monarchy.
-Power: popular sovereignty with limited male suffrage. -
Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon won all allied countries against France, but Great Britain not, France was divided in two fronts: Russica and Spain, so he was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo. -
The Age of revolution
i. Portugal and Spain: Liberal revolutions => Constitutional monarchies
ii. Greece made independent itself from Ottoman Empire (Nationalist revolution) -
Los Cien Mil Hijos de San Luis
-Victory of absolutism: Fernando VII asked the Holly Alliance to assist him in re-establishing absolutism => more revolts, but in this time not successful. "Década Ominosa" -
The first public railway
The first public railway was created by Stephenson in 1825. -
The Age of Revolution (2)
i. France: Liberal revolution => constitutional monarchy
ii. Belgium made independent itself from the Netherlands (both united by the Congress of Vienna). (Nationalist revolution). -
The Age of Revolution (3)
i. Austrian Empire: Failed
ii. German Confederation: Failed
iii. Italy: Failed
iv. France: Proclamation of the Second Republic, with universal manhood suffrage. -
The American Civil War (1861-1865)
North vs. South: The war was won by the northern states, and as a result, slavery was finally ended, the universal manhood suffrage as also established, and male citizens of all ethnic backgrounds had the right to vote in elections. -
The Bismarckain system
o The Bismarckian system: This chancellor made alliance with Austria, Russia and Italy, against France, who wanted to recover Alsace-Lorraine (lost to Germany in 1871) -
First Republic in Spain. Presidents.
The First Republic in Spain ended in 1874 (11 feb 1873-29 dic 1874, Estanislao Figueras, Francisco Pi y Margall, Nicolás Salmerón, Emilio Castelar as presidents). -
The transformation of the "Ancient Régime" (Old Régime)
The 18th century: period of exchange. Reason, scence and education are the leaders. Bourgeoise became more important and tried to gain more political power. -
Commercial Capitalism
- The 16th century: commercial capitalism: The new world; banks; bills of exchange.
