1450 - answer-Guttenberg's printing press-
Allowed mass-production of literature, rose the literacy rates in Europe, and a wider
spread of free-speech and individuality
1492 - answer-Columbus' initial exploration of the Americas-
Started the Colombian Exchange system, the slave trade, and international trade
systems, as well as Western imperialism
1517 - answer-Martin Luther posts the Ninety-Five Theses-
Caused major reformations in the Church, as well as divisions within the Church leading
to events such as branching of Christianity
1555 - answer-Peace of Augsburg ends the Schmalkalic Wars-
A legal division of the Catholics and the Lutherans ('Whose the region, his the religion'),
which creates further lasting tensions within the Catholic Church
1588 - answer-Spanish Armada defeat-
Added to the downfall of Spain's influence in the New World, an allowed England to take
hold as the strongest naval power of Western Civilisation, giving it the ability to pursue
mercantilism and colonisation.
1648 - answer-Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War-
1687 - answer-Publication of Newton's 'Principia Mathematica'-
1688 - answer-Glorious Revolution in England-
1713 - answer-Treaty of Utrecht ends the War of Spanish Succession-
1763 - answer-Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years' War-
1769 - answer-Richard Arkwright's 'Water Frame spinning machine' is patented-
1789 - answer-The French Revolution begins-
1815 - answer-Congress of Vienna-
1848 - answer-Liberal and Nationalist Revolutions in Europe-
1871 - answer-Unification of Germany-
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