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1750 - 1918
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Steam Engine
In 1775 James Watt decided to design a more efficent stream engine. This steam engine was alot more easy to manufacture so this ment more steam engines were desinged -
Independence day
On this day America declared independence. This meant America would split up in colonies and independence from Great Britian. -
The first fleet
The first fleet arrived in Australia. 11 ships arrived that day with 10 civil officers, 212 Marines, including officers, an additional 28 wives and 17 children of the marines, 81 free persons, 504 male convicts and 192 female convicts; the total number of free people was 348 and the total number of prisoners was 696, coming to a total of 1044 persons. -
French Revolution
The French revolution started after bread prices went up really high. The other reason was that the taxes to support extravigant lifestyles were becoming really high. -
Battery
Alessandro Volta invented a bettery that was able to store electricity currents. The unit of electricity 'volt' is named after him. -
Invention of Typewritter
The typewritter was invented by Thomas Eddison who also invented the light bulb.The typewritter was invented to help people write longer documents quicker. -
Luddite
The luddites attacked machinery because they were taking over their jobs. This meant that alot jobs would f been lost and in England. -
Passenger railway
George Stephenson built the first passenger railway. The railway connected Liverpool and Manchester. This railway led to many more railways placed in the country for faster transportation -
California gold rush
People form all over the contry flood into California, followed by people form all over the world. This brought many people to America looking for money, and started the settlement of the western district. -
Gold discoverd in Australia
The first gold rush in Australia began in 1851 when prospector Edward Hargraves claimed the discovery of payable gold near Bathurst, New South Wales. causing large influxes of prospectors. Australia's total population more than tripled from 430,000 in 1851 to 1.7 million in 1871. Gold wasn also found in victoria -
American civil war
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Convicts transportation to Australia finishes
Convicts were transported from Britian to Australia ever since the first fleet arrived. After 80 years this stoped and the convicts werent coming to australia after it was becming over populated. -
The telephone in invented
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The light bulb is invented
Thomas Edison discovered an oxygen-free bulb that glowed but did not burn up for 40 hours. Edison eventually produced a bulb that could glow for over 1500 hours. These bulbs eventually became easier to produce. -
The first aeroplane
The first time in hstory that a machine is made that powers itself for flying. Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully started a major revolution in flying technologhy that was to affect the way we move. -
The first ford ute launched
The Ford Model T is an automobile that was produced by Henry Ford. The was the first of its kind and became very easy to asemble. -
The titanic sinks
A British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg. In this accident a total of 2,223 people were on the ship, only 706 survived. 1,517 perished. -
The first tank
The tank was invented by Ernest Swinton. It was made in Great Brittian for brittians army. After this first model many more tanks were invented to improve safty and power. Lots of tankes were involved in WW1. -
WWI
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