Test 1 Dates Flashcards
1
Q
The scientific revolution
A
1550-1700
2
Q
Spain’s Armada is defeated around the British Isles
A
1588
3
Q
The English civil war
A
1642-1649
4
Q
Rule of Louis XIV
A
1643-1715
5
Q
Glorious Revolution in England
A
1688-1689
6
Q
The enlightenment period
A
1700-1800
7
Q
Heart of the Great Awakening
A
1730s-1740s
8
Q
The Seven Year’s War
A
1756-1763
9
Q
James Watts steam engine and beginning of the Industrial Revolution
A
1765
10
Q
The American Revolution
A
1775-1783
11
Q
The French Revolution
A
1789-1799
12
Q
Napoleon defeated at Waterloo & The congress of Vienna ends
A
1815
13
Q
Slavery abolished throughout most of the British Empire
A
1833
14
Q
Irish potato famine
A
1845-1851
15
Q
Karl Marx & Fred Engels issue the Communist Manifesto
A
1848
