Assignment topics for 5th Sem Paper V

World History (1453-1815 CE  Paper – V
Please write the assignment in your own words.

1. Fall of Constantinople (1453 C.E.) – Results.
2. Beginning of Modern Age in Europe
3. Geographical Discoveries
4. Scientific Inventions and their impact on Society
5. Rise of New Ideas – Spirit of Humanism –
6. Renaissance – Meaning-Causes and Results – Impact of Renaissance on Europe.
7. Reformation Movement – Causes – Martin Luther, John Calvin and Zwingli;
8. Counter Reformation Movement and Ignatius Loyola –
9. Results of Reformation and Counter Reformation.
10. Emergence of Nation States – Causes –
11. Spain – Charles V;
12. England – Henry VIII -
13. Glorious Revolution (1688);
14. France under Bourbons – Louis XIV;
15. Era of Enlightened Despotism – Peter the Great and his Policies –
16. Frederick the Great and his Achievements.
17. End of Feudalism – Industrial Revolution – Causes for Industrialization in England
and Europe – Textile Industry
18. Working Class Movement  - Causes and Consequences.
19. American War of Independence (1776)
20. French Revolution (1789) – Causes, Course, Results and its Impact.
21. Factors for the Rise of Napoleon – Domestic and Foreign Policies – Fall of
Napoleon.