The Timeline
Age of Enlightenment:Â 1660 to 1799
1690 - John Locke "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding"
1701 - Jonathan Swift "Meditations upon a Broomstick"
1747 - Ben Franklin "Miss Polly Baker's Speech" (Read with Civil Rights Seminar)
1775 - Patrick Henry "Speech at the Virginia Convention"Â (non MC test)
1780 - Dr. Samuel Johnson "The Lives of the English Poets"
1782 - Jean de Crevecoeur "What is an American"Â (non MC test)
Industrialization:Â 1800-1899
1833 - Andrew Jackson "Message to Congress regarding Indian removal"
1842 - Charles Dicken's  "American Notes: Washington D.C."
1863 - Henry David Thoreau  "Life without Principle"
1891 - William Dean Howells "Criticism and Fiction"
20th Century:Â 1900-1999
1953 - Ralph Ellison "On Bird, Bird-Watching, and Jazz"
1968 - Robert F Kennedy "On the Death of Martin Luther King"
1983 - Anonymous "Musings upon English" (Instructor Title)
1984 - Mario Cuomo  "Speech on Ronald Reagan at Democratic National Convention"Â
For practice on your multiple choice questions or essay prompts on your own, feel free to explore the link below:
The Timeline
The Fall of Rome: Â 500 AD
The Roman collapse marks the end of the "Classical" time period.
Now all of this junk just lies around Europe giving the inhabitants an excuse to charge the world to see it. LOL
This is the stuff of Advance Placement World History
The Middle Ages: Â 500 AD to 1500 AD
A not-so-awesome time to live
The Dark Ages:Â 500 AD to 1000 AD
So called because the barbarian hordes from Germany and beyond sacked and pillage Western Europe.
Everything the Romans built fell into ruin and decay
Not a great time to be alive in Europe.
Anglo-Saxons on the right and Vikings on the left.
Life was dirty, hostile, and short
The Medieval Time Period: Â Â Â Â Â 1000 AD to 1500 AD
Cultural clash of the Christian World and Muslim World (Euphemism for slaughter)
Life was focused on religion
Europe possibly the worst place on earth to live
Marco Polo's travels begin to reflect the above
Europe's slow desire to trade with China and India via the Silk Road caused issues with the Muslim World
Leads to Age of Discovery:
Prince Henry the Navigator 1394-1460 (Father)
Christopher Columbus 1451-1506Â (Americas)
Vasco de Gama 1460-1524 (India)
Amerigo Vespucci 1454-1512Â (America)
The Renaissance:Â 1500s
The Rebirth of Europe
The Renaissance and Reformation 1500 AD to 1700 AD
Johannes Gutenburg 1400-1468  The Movable Type Printing Press
The Printing Press triggers:
Educational Explosion
Religious Fight over printing Bible in the vernacular
Protestant Reformation follows
Martin Luther 1483-1546
(Ninety-five theses)
Guess what arrives in Europe through trade?
That is correct:Â coffee and tea
It replaced beer and wine for breakfast
Productivity went up during the Renaissance. LOL No kidding
The Renaissance:Â 1500s
The Rebirth of Europe
The Art of the Renaissance:
Donatello:Â 1386-1466
Leonardo Da Vinci 1452-1519
Michelangelo:Â 1475-1564
Rafael 1483-1520
The Science and Discovery of the Renaissance:
Johannes Gutenberg:Â 1400-1468 The Printing Press
Nicolaus Copernicus:Â 1473-1543 Heliosphere: Earth Center of Universe
Galileo Galilei:Â 1564-1642 Father of Physics and Scientific Method
The Reformation:
The chaos that eventually leads to the United States.
Church authority begins to be questioned. The advancements in science along with the debate about the Bible being written in the vernacular ultimately trigger schismatic warfare. Religious freedom eventually comes about (unfortunately, millions of people perished before the western philosophy of freedom of religion emerged).
Martin Luther:Â 1483-1546Â Â
Catholic monk who wrote the 95 theses Â
Indirectly leads to freedom of religion and enlightenmentÂ
Henry VIII:Â 149 - 1547
Started Anglican faith in England (to get a new wife)
English religious slaughter continues through Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I
(all of his children)
Spanish Armada of 1588 sends England in the permanent direction of Protestantism (though still with plenty of religious killings still to come).    Â
The 1600s
England begins to colonize the Americas due to the catastrophic defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Â
Thirty Years war from 1618 to 1648 kills 4.5 to 8 million people (religion the primary excuse for the struggle)
Jamestown
England's first colony in 1607
Founded by "capitalists" looking for profit
Plymouth Rock
England's first religious colony founded in 1620
These people were so radical that Europe basically tossed them off the continent. (Remember in 1692 they begin to burn witches)
The Age of Enlightenment 1700s
(Thank the great clock maker of the universe)
Science, reason, and logic begin to trump religion as the primary source of intellectualismÂ
John Locke
1632-1704Â
English Philosopher
"Life, liberty, and pursuit of property"
Religious tolerance
Adam Smith
1723-1790
Scottish Economist
Capitalism!!!!!!!!!
"Wealth of Nations"
Thomas Hobbes
1588-1679
English PhilosopherÂ
The Social ContractÂ
"Leviathan"Â
Thomas Jefferson
1743 - 1826
American Founding Father
"We the People!"
"Life, liberty, and happiness"
"All Men are created equal"
Jonathan Swift
1667 - 1745
English Satirist Â
"Gulliver's Travels"
"A Modest Proposal"
Utopian principals of Tom MoreÂ
Alexander Hamilton
1755 - 1804
American Founding Father
Financial Father
Federalist Papers
Bad shot and bid target. Â
Pieces to Study
1690 - John Locke "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding"
1701 - Jonathan Swift "Meditations upon a Broomstick"
1747 - Ben Franklin "Miss Polly Baker's Speech" (Read with Civil Rights Seminar)
1775 - Patrick Henry "Speech at the Virginia Convention"Â (non MC test)
1780 - Dr. Samuel Johnson "The Lives of the English Poets"
1782 - Jean de Crevecoeur "What is an American"Â (non MC test)
The United States of America
Culminating event of Age of Enlightenment
July 4, 1776
Colonies revolt against freest society in Europe
Built on philosophy and ideals
The 1800s
Industrial Revolution and Manifest Destiny
Pollution Explodes
More advancement in 100 years than in previous 2000
Standard of living Explodes
Steam, electricity, telegram, telephone, phonograph, mass production
Conquest of the lower 48
Lewis and Clark
The Moon Shot of the 1800s
The Pieces of America
The "Space" Race of the 1800s
Crazy Horse
Icon of the conquered
George Custer
Icon of the conquerorsÂ
Indian Wars
A tragic clash of culture
American Civil War
States Rights and Slavery
War Between the States
Near Miss of Destruction
Industrial Revolution Inventions
Telephone, telegraph, light bulb, phonograph, steam engine, and much much more
Icons:Â Thomas Edison, Andrew Carnegie, J.D. Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan, Henry Ford
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
I was born in 1971; the car 1977
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
