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European Time Line
1533-1592 Michel de Montaigne- Essays on Experience. Positive Skepticism, Moderation and tolerance. No moral absolutism,
questioned tradition and authority.
1618-1648 Thirty years War (last of the Religious wars)\
-Conflict between Militant Catholics and militant Calvinists.
-France against other two catholic powers. (Effect and thoughts of Catholics?)
-Catholic league vs. protest league in Germany
-French got involved (1635-1648) under Richelieu and Louis XIII
- Freedom to determine state religion after war giving in Germany and Poland with peace of Westphalia (1648)
1637 Descartes Discourse on Method: separation of God from the world.
1643 Louis XIV is crowned
1648-1649 French Fronde
1649 Charles I of England Beheaded. Puritans take control of the English Gov't
1649-1653 Rump Parliament abolishes monarchy, destroy divine Right and create British Common Wealth
1660 Charles II crowned
1661 Mazarin Dies. Louis assumes full power over the government. Begins to promote One King, One Law One, Faith promotion
of other avenues of revenue, including New France
1661 The founding of the French Academy by Louis XIV
1672 Charles II Declaration of Indulgences, suspending laws against puritans and Catholics
1673 Test Act in England, banning all but Anglicans from holding civil or military office
1681 Policy for forced conversion is placed into effect against the Huguenots.
1685 Oct. Edict of Fontainebleau
-revoked Edict of Nantes
-allowed for the destruction of Protestant churches and closing of their schools
-Forbidden to leave France.
1690 John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding: Men are molded by environment not predisposition or God.
1739 Hume Treatise on Human Nature: Radical skepticism, the senses can not be trusted, thus certain knowledge is not possible
due to this lack of knowledge there can be no certainly that God exists
1762 Rousseau publics Discourse on the Origins of the Inequality of Mankind, which proposes that government and religion
were social contracts. If the bargain was not kept on both sides then it was ethical to break it.
Canadian TimeLine
1534 Cartier's voyage to New France
1542-1542- The Catier- Roberval expedition fails, the fist settlement in Canada is abandoned due to lack of men and supplies.
1576- The English attempt, as Cartier did earlier, to find the North West passage.
1605- Port Royal is founded as a trading post.
1608-Quebec is founded by Champlain as a trading post
1610- The New France colony founded. The Recollect Mission Begins. The English found a colony is Conception bay
1615-The first catholic missionaries reach the Huron
1627- The Company of 100 is founded to help develop Canada.
1629-1632- The English occupy Quebec. The Mission of New France is given to the Jesuit Order
1634- The Jesuits reopen the Huron Mission
1639- Sainte Marie is constructed as a permanent mission headquarters among the Huron. The Ursaline sisters arrive
1642- The Jesuits found Ville Marie as a permanent settlement for Christianized Indians
1649- The fall of Huronian. The Remaining Hurons must seek shelter from the Jesuits ad the French.
1653- The French replace the Huron as negotiators and idle men of the fur trade
1663- France is made a Royal colony under Louis XIV
1665- French reinforcements arrive to fight the Iroquois nations
1667- Peace is struck between the French and Iroquois
1687- Resumption of conflict
1689-1697- War between France and England
1702-1713- war resumes
1711- English attempt to capture Quebec fails
1713-1744- thirty years of peace
1756-1763- seven years war
1760- British conquer New France
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