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Efforts to gain political power were lead by suffragettes. This was women who campaigned to vote. In 1928 suffragettes won the right to vote for women in Great Britain.

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The growth of industry helped lead to a new economic system. In this system individuals own most businesses and resources. People invest on money in businesses in the hope of making a profit.

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Industrial growth began with textiles. In the 1700s they made clothes by hand, they used spinning wheels to make threads and looms. The time it took to make clothes makes sense why they want to make it quicker.

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People began inventing machines to make good and supply power. These machines completely changed the way people across Europe worked and lived, this lead to a time period. This period had a rapid growth in machine made goods.

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A bloody period of the French revolution during which the government executed thousands of its opponents and others at the guillotine. This device beheaded victims with a large, heavy blade. The reign of Terror finally ended when one of its own leaders was executed in 1794.

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They believed the use of reason could achieve 3 great goals. They use reason in shaping people's ideas about society and politics defined a period. Because, it focused on reason this period was known as the age of reason.

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In July 1776 they signed the Declaration of Independence. It declared the American Colonies' independence. It was largely written by Thomas Jefferson.

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In 1689 Parliament further limited the monarch's power. This document listed the rights for parliament and the English people. For example, it gave parliament the power to pass laws and to raise taxes.

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The series of events that led to the birth of modern science. They used their observations to come up with logical explanations for how the world worked. Between about 1540 and 1700, though European views about to study.

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Other countries were also sending explorers out to find new routes to Asia. The most important expedition came from Spain in 1492. The most important expedition was long and difficult, but Columbus reached Asia after several months.

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Christians who broke from the Catholic church over religious issues. Many areas of Europe had become Protestant by 1600. In 1517 Luther nailed a list of complaints to a church door, his Protests angered church officials

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This a series of reforms. Church leaders became focusing on more spiritual concerns and less on political power. They also worked on making church teachings easier to understand

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This was a religious reform movement. By early 1500 some Europeans started complaining seen in the Catholic church. The reformation history began in what is now Germany.

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This was a period of creativity of new ideas and inspirations. This time period lasted from 1350s-1500s. The people who named this period believed it represented a new beginning, or rebirth, in Europe's history and culture.