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Lord Shaftebury
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The Three Estates
The First Estate: consisted of Roman Catholic clergy. It was comprised of two groups: the higher clergy and the lower clergy
The Second Estate: The nobility. Beyond living lavish lifestyles, they also held high posts in the government and the military.
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The Romantic Movement
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William Wilberforce
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The Industrial Revolution
Eli Whitney - the cotton gin
Henry Ford - Model T, a car that was cheaper and could be given to more people
Michael Faraday - discovered a magnet moving through a coil of copper wire produced an electric current. -
The French Revolution starts
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Napoleon
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The French Revolution Ends
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The Beginnings of Socialism
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Implementing Imperialism
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Beginnings of "Nationalism"
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Charles Darwin
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Gregor Mendel
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Claude Monet was an Impressionism artist
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The Start of WWI
The assassination of the archduke Francis Ferdinand. The Balkan Wars created tension. Nationalism and European Rivalries -
The End of WWI
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The arrival of Mussolini
In the 1924 election, the Blackshirts used their power to get fascists the majority seats. The Fascists controlled parliament gave Mussolini sweeping new powers. -
The arrival of Hitler
Hitler became chancellor. This is when the Nazis came to power -
The arrival of Franco
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Japan fought the Chinese communists for China
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World War 2
Holocaust 6 million jews dead
Japan atomic bombs
55 million people died
Scorched-earth policy
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50 nations meet in San Franciso to draft the Charter of the United Nations
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Communists proclaimed the People's Republic of China, with Beijing as the Capital
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American occupation of Japan ends
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Truce was signed between North Korea and South Korea
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The U.S. and the People's Republic of China established diplomatic ties
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European Union