4e ; Chapter 1 : revolutions in England during the 17th century

Stuart England: How did England become a limited monarchy?

Important dates :

1642 : beginning of the Civil War

1649 : trial and execution of Charles I + beginning of the Commonwealth

1653 : Cromwell became Lord Protector of the Commonwealth

1658 : Oliver Cromwell’s death

1660 : Restoration

1679 : the Habeas Corpus Act

1688 : Glorious revolution

1689 : Bill of Rights + Toleration Act

+ The dates of the reign of the kings or the queens of England from 1603 to 1714

What you must be able to explain :

-          Why there was a Civil war from 1642 to 1649.

-          Why monarchy was restored in 1660.

-          What is the Habeas Corpus about.

-          Why there was a revolution in 1688 and why it is called ‘the Glorious revolution’.

-          What is the Bill of rights about.

-          Who were Newton, Halley, Hooke.

3e : fiche de révision : chapter 1 : A century of scientific and technological advances

Medical inventions : 

Vocabulary :

scientist, inventor, engineer, infant mortality, life expectancy,

To comment on a graph: the curve, to increase, to decrease, to be stable,

Medicine : disease, to cure, to heal, wounds, small pox, vaccine, vaccination, genetics, DNA, a diagnosis, doctor, physician, bacteria, patient, meningitis, scarlet, diphtheria, fever, penicillin, pneumonia, a drug,

Newspaper, cover, post, illustration, a post

to peer inside,

Dates to remember and to be able to explain why it was important

1928 : Fleming discovered penicillin

1953 : Crick discovered DNA

1971 : Hounsfield invented MRI and the scanner

+ 1958 : Norman Rockwell, Before the shot, to be able to describe the painting and what it is showing

To describe a painting : In the foreground, in the background,

Technological inventions:

Vocabulary:

a DAT (Digital Audio Tape), a CD, a microwave oven, a dishwasher, A Personal Computer (PC), High Speed Train, airliner, a mobile phone,

Dates to remember :

1945: the Atomic bomb

1969: First Moon lamding

1990s: Internet website

+ choose 3 other inventions you consider important and explain why.