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king Louis XVI
king Louis XVI was King of France and Navarre. The first part of Louis' reign was marked by attempts to reform France in accordance with Enlightenment ideals. These included efforts to abolish serfdom and increase tolerance toward non-Catholics. The French nobility reacted to the proposed reforms with hostility, and successfully opposed their implementation; increased discontent among the common people. -
The transatlantic slave trade
Over the course of more than three and a half centuries, the forcible transportation in bondage of at least twelve million men, women, and children from their African homelands to the Americas changed forever the face and character of the modern world. The transatlantic slave trade laid the foundation for modern capitalism, generating immense wealth for business enterprises in America and Europe. But the continent experienced the loss of a significant part of its able-bodied population -
the discovery of australia
The first records of European mariners sailing into 'Australian' waters occurs around 1606. What spurred Europeans to discovered new world was the over crowed population of London and surrounding countries. Captain James cook was sent to discover new continent 10 years prier. In 1780 a group of convict were sent to Australia to colonise it.When they got there they were set to the task of building the first town. -
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
Inventor Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fibre. By the mid-19th century, cotton had become America’s leading export. Despite its success, the gin made little money for Whitney due to patent-infringement issues. Also, his invention offered Southern planters a justification to maintain and expand slavery even as a growing number of Americans supported its abolition. -
Crossing The Blue Mountains
in 1813, Gregory Blaxland, William Charles Wentworth, and Lieutenant Lawson, along with four servants, four pack horses and five dogs, set off on an exploration which was to create history. On the 11th May 1813 the explorers departed from Emu Plains reaching the foothills of the Blue Mountains, or Glenbrook as it is known today. the effect of this was beig able to move to mare land and not be cramped on one place -
Myall creek massacre
A group of white settlers murdered 28 Aboriginal at Myall Creek Station in northern New South Wales for cattle russuling , near Bingara. The stockmen, led by John Fleming galloped towards the huts of Myall Creek Station where the Aboriginal people were preparing their evening meal. The stockmen tied the Aboriginals hands together with a long rope. They were beheaded and their headless bodies were left where they fell. -
Caroline Chisholm
Caroline Chisholm travelled to Australia and arrived in Sydney in the Emerald Isle in September 1838. Her main concern was to disperse the unemployed into the country. Hundreds of women lived on the streets. Throughout 1842 she was almost continually on her white horse, Captain, accompanying parties into the interior and helping to allay their fears of the bush. In total she helped 10,000 women find employment. -
First maratime strike
In 1890 employers from all the colonies met and drew up a plan to provoke a national strike. The colonial governments were pre-warned and prepared for a national dispute. While police had been used in strikes before 1890, the military had not been used. During the 1890, Maritime strike military units were extensively used against strikes in New South Wales and Victoria. Armed troops were deployed in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle and a number of other ports around Australia. -
South Australia introduces female suffrage
In 1893, New Zealand, then a self-governing British colony, granted adult women the right to vote and the self-governing British colony of South Australia did the same in 1895, the latter also permitting women to stand for office. Australia federated in 1901, and women acquired the right to vote and stand in federal elections from 1902, but discriminatory restrictions against Aboriginal women (and men) voting in national elections were not completely removed until 1962 -
assasintion of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (start of world war one)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were shot dead in Sarajevo, by Gavrilo Princip, one of a group of six assassins. The assassins' motives were consistent with the movement that later became known as Young Bosnia. The assassination led directly to the First World War when Austria-Hungary subsequently issued an ultimatum against Serbia. Austria-Hungary then declared war, marking the outbreak of the war. -
Gallipoli
The Gallipoli Campaign took place on the Gallipoli peninsula on the 25 April 1915. Intending to secure it, Russia's allies Britain and France launched a naval attack followed by an amphibious landing on the peninsula with the eventual aim of capturing the Ottoman capital. The total number of Australians killed was 8,709. In all 61,522 Australians lost their lives in the First World War. As well, an estimated total of 664 Australian officers and 17,260 men were wounded. -
The battle of the somme
The Battle of the Somme is famous chiefly on account of the loss of 58,000 British on the first day of the battle, 1 July 1916, which to this day remains a one-day record. The offensive was planned late in 1915 and was intended as a joint French-British attack. The French Commander in Chief, conceived the idea as a battle of attrition, the aim being to drain the German forces of reserves, although territorial gain was a secondary aim.
