1750-1914

By AmericaAmurka
  • China bans opium

    China bans opium

    Opium trade was extremely profitable for Britain until the ban
  • 7 Years War

    7 Years War

  • Spinning Jenny is Invented

    Spinning Jenny is Invented

  • France-Widespread crop failures-price of bread doubles

  • Tennis Court Oath

    Tennis Court Oath

    France
  • Storming of the Bastille

    Storming of the Bastille

    France
  • Period: to

    The Great Fear

    France
  • The cotton gin is invented

    The cotton gin is invented

  • Britain formally acquires the large Boer population

  • Britain Gains Singapore

    Britain Gains Singapore

  • Britain Gains Malacca

    Britain Gains Malacca

  • Britain defeats Burma

    Britain defeats Burma

  • Morse Code is invented

    Morse Code is invented

  • First Opium war with Great Britain

    First Opium war with Great Britain

  • Problems with technology, agriculture and population

    Japan
  • Period: to

    Crimean War

    Russia

  • Nicholas dies, Alexander II becomes czar

  • Second Opium war

    Second Opium war

  • Serfs Emancipated

    Russia

  • Alaska Purchase (US from Russia)

  • Meiji restoration

    Meiji restoration

    Japan

  • Japan revokes the ban on Christianity

  • Samurai revolt

    Samurai revolt

    Where the samurai attempted to fight against the law preventing them from carrying swords
  • Marxist socialism starts to spread

    Marxist socialism starts to spread

    Russia
  • Revolution

    Revolution

    Russia