Renaissance & Reformation
The Eighteenth Century
French Revolution & the Rise of Napoleon
Post-Napoleonic Era & and the Nineteenth Century
WWI, WWII, and Post-WWII
100
Occurred due to extreme wealth, and proximity to trade
What is the Italian Renaissance
100
Followers were Jacobins and sans-culottes; started The Reign of Terror
Who is Maximilien Robespierre
100
Event where Europeans divided up Africa 

What is the Berlin Conference of 1885

100
Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Germany
What is the Triple Alliance
200
First to suggest the heliocentric model of the solar system
Who is Nicolas Copernicus
200
Britain, France, and Russia
What is the Triple Entente
300
"He who rules; his religion"; German princes would not go to war over religion
What is the Peace of Augsburg
300
Frederick II marched troops to Silesia; challenged the birth-right of Maria-Theresa
What is the War of Austrian Succession
300
Protected property, equality before the law, eroded the remains of the old feudal system
What is the Napoleonic Code
300
Reestablish the foundations of aristocratic dominance that had been challenged by the French Revolution
What is the Congress of Vienna
300
1905 German thought-experiment which became a deployment-plan and set of recommendations for German Commanders to implement using their own initiative
What is the Schlieffen Plan
400
Bloodless uprising with Parliament-led uprisings in England with the invasion of a Protestant fleet; led to the expulsion of James II
What is the Glorious Revolution
400
Prussia allies with Great Britain in order to counter the alliance between Austria and France; AKA "the great change of partners"
What is the Diplomatic Revolution
500
Written by Jean-Jacques Rousseu; theory on the best way to establish a political community
What is the Social Contract
500
Napoleon's defeat against the British in Belgium; also a famous song by ABBA
What is the Battle of Waterloo
500
Negotiate the terms to end WWII; after the Yalta Conference; major question of how to handle Germany
What is the Potsdam Conference
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