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21 Cards in this Set
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1527
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Charles V sacks Rome; end of High Renaissance; Henry VIII applies for annulment
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1492
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Columbus sent out; Grenada cleared of Moors, Jews in Reconquista
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1525
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German Peasant Revolts
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1555
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Peace of Augsburg (gave recognition to Lutheranism; German princes right to choose territory's religion)
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1545
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Council of Trent-->Catholic Reformation
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16th Century
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Antwerp=trade, financial center of Europe; Price Revolution; "Golden Age" of Spain
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1588
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Philip II sends Spanish Armada
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1620
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Battle of White Mountain (Catholic victory during Bohemian stage of 30 Years' War)
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1453
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Ottoman Muslim Turks capture Constantinople
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17th Century
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"Golden age" of Netherlands; Age of Louis XIV in France
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1713
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Peace of Utrecht (restored balance of power after Louis XIV's Wars)
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1648
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Treaty of Westphalia (ended 30 Years' War)
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1642
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English Civil War begins
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1914-1918
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World War I
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1917
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Russian revolution; U.S. enters war
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1871
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German Empire unified; Franco-Prussion war
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1851
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Britain's Great Fair
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1848
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Revolutions!
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1832
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Britain's Reform Bill
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1905
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Russo-Japanese war; "Bloody Sunday"
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19th century
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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION; age of mass politics, nationalism, revolution, New Imperialism
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