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King of France and Navarre from 1775 until 1791, after which he was subsequently King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before his deposition and execution during the French Revolution.
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Created by James Watt. James Watt set up the model and watched it in operation. He noted how the alternate heating and cooling of its cylinder wasted power.
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A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, allowing for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.
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The american colonists declared independence due to the mistreatment of Britain. The war was not easily won and was only won due to the costs it would make Britain indure.
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The spinning mule is a machine used to spin cotton and other fibres in the mills of Lancashire and elsewhere. Created by Samual Cromptan.
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period of radical social and political upheaval in France that had a lasting impact on French history and more broadly throughout Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed within three years.
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slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Haitian republic. The Haitian Revolution was the only slave revolt which led to the founding of a state.
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François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, also Toussaint Bréda, Toussaint-Louverture, was the leader of the Haitian Revolution.
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British Empire against the Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic. They are sometimes referred to as "the South African War" since the black population of South Africa was also involved in the conflicts.
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As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. His legal reform, the Napoleonic Code, has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide, but he is best remembered for his role in the wars led against France
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The Latin American Wars of Independence were the various revolutions that took place during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and resulted in the creation of a number of independent countries in Latin America.
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conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September 1814 to June 1815. The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
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Simon Bolivia Simon Bolivar was one of South America's greatest generals. His victories over the Spaniards won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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The Opium Wars, also known as the Anglo-Chinese Wars, divided into the First Opium War from 1839 to 1842 and the Second Opium War from 1856 to 1860. These were the climax of disputes over trade and diplomatic relations between China under the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire
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Publication written by the political theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The book contains Marx and Engels' theories about the nature of society and politics.
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the political and social movement that agglomerated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century.
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The Taiping Rebellion was a massive civil war in southern China from 1850 to 1864, against the ruling Manchu-led Qing Dynasty. It was led by Hong Xiuquan
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The formal unification of Germany into a politically and administratively integrated nation state officially occurred on 18 January 1871 at the Versailles Palace's Hall of Mirrors in France.
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conflict between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between major European powers for influence over territories of the declining Ottoman Empire.
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The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel
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One of the most well-known uprisings during the British colonization of India was a mutiny of the native troops known as "sepoys". When it began on Sunday, May 10, 1857 the Sepoy rebellion was a complete surprise to the British
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a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
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an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years of construction work, it allows transportation by water between Europe and Asia without navigation around Africa.
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Emancipating the serfs in 1861 was an extraordinarily key event which catapulted Russia into the 20th century. At the time Alexander II obtained the position of Tsar,
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Also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, Reform or Renewal, was a chain of events that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. The goals of the restored government were expressed by the new emperor in the Charter Oath.
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The European colonial powers gather to discuss colonization boardors of Africa. Africa gained independence in 1950, but was already was divided beyond repair.
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Is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratically-operating political parties in the world.
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The uprising took place against a background of severe drought and economic disruption in response to growth of foreign spheres of influence.
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The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
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"the first great war of the 20th century."It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea.
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The All-Indian Muslim League was a political organization that faought for muslim rights. This was during britains occupation in India.
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An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which parts are added to a product in a sequential manner to create a finished product much faster than with handcrafting-type methods. Allowed for mass production of things and less talent for work.
