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22 Cards in this Set
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~Columbus sets sail, discovers New World
~Ferdinand & Isabella of Spain kick out the Jews |
1492
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~Martin Luther posts 95 Theses at Wittenberg
~Protestant Reformation begins |
1517
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~Defeat of the Spanish Armada
~Naval power shifts to the British under Elizabeth I |
1588
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English Civil Wars
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1642
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~Treaty of Westphalia
~Wars of Religion end (30 Yrs War) |
1648
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~Glorious Revolution
~William & Mary overthrow James II, const. monarchy established in GB |
1688
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~Treaty of Utrecht, ends the War of Spanish Succession
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1713
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~Balance of Power shifts from Austria to Prussia
~The Enlightened Despots |
1740
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~America declares independence
~Sparks other revolutions in Europe |
1776
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French Revolution
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1789
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~Defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo
~Congress of Vienna ~Concert of Europe |
1815
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Liberal Revolutions
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1848
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Italian Unification
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1861
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German Unification
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1871
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~Start of World War I
~Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
1914
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End of World War I
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1918
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Start of Great Depression
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1929
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Beginning of World War II
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1939
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Ending of World War II
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1945
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~Prague Spring
~Czechoslovakia wants to overthrow Communist control |
1968
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Hungary overthrows Communists
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1956
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~Tearing down of the Berlin Wall
~Decline in Communist Russia |
1989
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