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Renaissance began in cities of northern Italy
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c. 1350
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Columbus began European exploration of the "New World"
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1492
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Luther began the Protestant Reformation
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1517
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High Renaissance at its peak in Italy
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c. 1520
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Power shifted from Mediterranean to Atlantic countries
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c. 1550
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England defeated Philip II's Spanish Armada
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1588
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Galileo and other astronomers challenged geocentric worldview
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c. 1600
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English Civil War: Cromwell's Puritans defeated the Stuarts
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1640's
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Treaty of Westphalia ended the 30 Years' War
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1648
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Scientific Revolution: Newton and Locke found "natural laws"
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1687
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Glorious Revolution created England's constitutional monarchy
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1688-89
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Enlightenment "philosophies" spread modern ideas
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1650-1750
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Absolute monarchy symbolized by Louis XIV at Versailles
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c. 1690
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Power shifted to England after the treaty of Utrecht
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1713
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Frederick the Great attacked Austria
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1740
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French Revolution began with the attack on the Bastille
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1789
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Robespierre led the Reign of Terror in France
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1792
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