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USE YOUR MEMORY
3 The signing of the Magna Carta in 1215 marked a new age of
sense and reason. To remember this date, we can use the phrase
New Document - Liberalisation.
4 The Russian Revolution of 1917 was an uprising of the people
against what they considered oppression. They demanded greater
equality in the form of communism. Our Memory Phrase: People
Demand Communism.
5 Printing presses are often great rotating machines that churn
out thousands of pages a minute. We can imagine a small version
of this as the first printing press, in 1454, which can be remembered
by the word RoLleR.
6 The Battle of Waterloo in 1815 was a triumph for Wellington
but can be considered fatal for Napoleon. Once again we use a
Memory Word rather than a Memory Phrase to remember the
date: FaTaL.
7 The invention of the telescope by Hans Lippershey in 1608
changed the way in which man saw the sky. Our Memory Phrase:
CHanged Sky Focus.
8 In 1905 Einstein's theory of relativity shed new light on the
way in which matter and energy exist. His theory solved a number
of puzzles that had occupied man but also gave rise to many more.
Our Key Word: PuZZLe.
9 In the French Revolution in 1789 the king was ranged against
the people. Hence, we can remember the date by King Fights
People.
10 The American Declaration of Independence in 1776
marked in America a feeling of optimism and confidence in a new
way of life. This can be encapsulated in the one word: CoCKSure.

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