a shift from farming to industry
I am afraid not to understand the question. Do you mean Europe as a political entity (European Union) or Europe as a continent ?
Europe..
absolute monarchy
in Europe
In the early 4th century.
Yes it is true.
18th century political revolutions in Europe and the Americas
The Baltic states, the Ottoman empire and the Italian city-states were the 3 principal political entities in central and eastern Europe in the mid-seventeenth century. The Ottoman empire dissolved in 1923.
Political upheaval made the American colonies want to revolutionize and leave Britain.
feudalism
Feudalism dominated political life in Western Europe from the 9th Century to the beginning of the 14th Century. Feudal lords, rather than kings were the powerful rulers during this time in history.