1750-1918 APWH By jabbott25 Period: 1750 to 1900 Europe's Industrial Revolution 1788 Ratification of the US Constitution 1788 Initial British Settlement in West Africa Period: 1791 to 1804 Haitian Revolution 1803 Louisiana Purchase Period: 1804 to 1817 Islamic Revolutions in West Africa Period: 1840 to 1858 The Opium Wars 1848 "Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx Published 1858 British Government assumes control of India Period: 1859 to 1871 Darwin presents his ideas on evolution Period: 1861 to 1865 US Civil Wars Period: 1865 to 1918 US Industrializes 1868 Start of the Meji Restoration 1869 Opening of the Suez Canal Period: 1875 to 1900 European scramble for Africa Period: 1875 to 1914 European colonial conquest of Africa Period: 1894 to 1895 Japanese War against China 1905 First Russian Revolution 1912 End of the Chinese Dynastic Period Period: 1914 to 1918 WWI