Chapter 21: New Ideas in Europe, A New Nation in America
Timeline Activity 1500-1800
Directions: Using your textbook, place the dates (month, day, year, etc.) on the line
behind the person and event below. Next, write and plot the events (using the
month, day, year, etc) on the timeline on the opposite side in chronological order.
Place your name, date and period on the other side. Write small to make everything
fit.
Copernicus publishes his heliocentric theory. ____________________________________________
Galileo Galilei birth and death date. ________________________________________________________
Galileo Galilei publishes his book. ____________________________________________________
Tycho Brahe dies. ________________________________________________________
Sir Isaac Newton’s birth and death dates. _______________________________________________
Andreas Vesalius publishes his textbook on anatomy. __________________________________
William Harvey’s birth and death dates. ______________________________________________
Anton van Leeuwenhoek’s birth and death dates. ________________________________________
Carolus Linnaeus publishes a system for classifying plants. _____________________________
Carolus Linnaeus publishes a system for classifying animals. ___________________________
Thomas Hobbs publishes “leviathan”. __________________________________________
John Locke’s birth and death dates. ________________________________________________________
Francois Marie Arouet’s (Voltaire) birth and death date. ________________________________
Baron de Montesquieu publishes “The Spirit of the Laws”. _______________________________
Jean Jacques Rousseau publishes “The Social Contract”. _________________________________
Denis Diderot publishes first five volumes of the encyclopedia. ________________________
Britain toughens trade laws. ____________________________________________
Stamp Act. _________________________________________________
Parliament repeals the Stamp Act. _______________________________________________
Townshend Act _________________________________________________
Boston Massacre ____________________________________________________________
Boston Tea Party ____________________________________________________________
Intolerable Acts ____________________________________________________________
First Continental Congress is held. _____________________________________________
British march on Concord and Lexington. ______________________________________________
Declaration of Independence is adopted. _______________________________________________
Britain captures New York City. _________________________________________________________
British captures Philadelphia. __________________________________________________
American wins the battle of Saratoga. _________________________________________________
France aids America. ________________________________________________
British surrender at Yorktown. ________________________________________________________
Treaty of Paris. ____________________________________________________________
Articles of Confederation are approved. _______________________________________________
The Constitution is written. _________________________________________________
Bill of Rights is written. __________________________________________________