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Flying Shuttle
John Kay created the flying shuttle, which weaves cloth from thread. -
Industrial Revolution
Started in Brittaina nd changed the way products were made all around the world. -
Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves creates the spinning jenny which sins threads from wool. -
Tennis Court Oath
3rd estate vote to call themselves the national assembly and vote for representative government. -
Nation Assembly
The 1st and 2nd estates join the 3rd estate in the national assembly that the 3rd estate created. -
Storming of the Bastille
Starts the revolution in france when 3rd estate storms the bastille to get weapons. -
Price of Bread Doubles
This causes a revolt by women and was caused by a crop failure. -
Samuel Slater and the Mill
Opened the first industrial mill in the United States - started industrial revolution. -
George Macartney goes to China
He tried to trade with China, but was sent away when he refused to follow the way China wanted to trade. -
Reign of Terror
Robespierre beheads people who oppose the government and people were too scared to leave their houses -
Coup d'etat
Napolean overthrows the French government -
Continental System applied by France
This system blockades the continent from trade with Britain. -
Economic Collapse
Resulted in a six-year depression during the US industrial revolution -
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal was built to open New York to the west and it made New York become a center for trade. -
Steam Powered Locomotive
Peter Cooper created the first steam powered locomotive or train. -
Opium Wars
The Opium Wars were between China and britttain be cause Brittain had illegaly been exporting opium to China. -
Matthew Perry goes to Japan
Forces Japan to open their country up to the US during their period of isolation. -
Crimean War
A war between Russia and the Otomans. The oOtomans were helped by the British and French. Russia loses because they were not modernized. -
Serfs Emancipation
The serfs in Russia had to pay for the land, meaning that they were not slaves anymore. -
Meiji Restoration
The Meiji Emperor rule was restored after the shogun rule. This happened because the shogun failed to enforce their rule. The effects of this was that feudalism was abolished and the centralized power was expanded. -
Samurai Conflict
The last confilct they were involved in before they were abolished -
The Matchgirl Strike
A union of young girls went on strike for poor conditions, underage work, and low pay. -
Marxist Socialism
This tyoe of government begins to thread through russia by the help of Vladimir Lenin. -
Sin-Japanese War
War between Japan and Korea caused by Japan trying to imperialize Korea, Japan won the war. -
Russo-Japanese War
A war between Japan and Russia. Russia loses.
