Unit 7: Europe
Europe:
Most important events:
● The Black Death
○ Huge plague
○ Killed lots of people
○ 1346-1353
● The Renaissance
○ 15th and 16th centuries
○ It was a cultural movement
○ Started in Italy and eventually spread through all of Europe
○ The time of people such as Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo
○ A very artistic time
○ A revolution in arts, sciences, exploration, and ways of thinking
● The Reformation & Enlightenment:
○ Began in 1517
○ Began in Germany with Martin Luther
○ His preaching and ideas spread
○ The Enlightenment was in the 17th-18th centuries and was a cultural movement.
○ Led to new ways of society and government
● French Revolution:
○ Will be talked about in depth later on
● Industrial Revolution:
○ Second half of the 18th century
○ The world was changed by new discoveries and inventions
○ Technologies changed the way daily life worked
○ Production industries were taken over by coal and iron
○ Transportation was revolutionized by the incorporation of steam powder
● The Russian Revolutions:
○ 1917
○ First revolution ended up leading into a civil war
○ Led to the overthrow of the Tsars ○ By October, communism was introduced
○ Communism being part of such a large and important country is significant