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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
The Enlightenment
the enlighetment was a time where scientistssand other individuals began to realise that humas could thinkand reason for themselves and therefore could understand the world around them, this challeneged the catholic curch. -
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Crime and punishment
Crime increased during the 1700's due to unemployment and poverty
In an attempt to halt the crime wave, the British government made more offenses punishable by death
At the beginning of 1779, you could only be sentenced to death for treason and murder
By 1770, a person could be sentenced to death over 160 different crimes such as smuggling, theft and cutting down trees in public areas -
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Industrial Revoloution
As new technology reduced the need for manual labour, the levels of unemployment rose significantly -
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American Revoulionary War
It is the war of independent when American stood there grounnd and claimed they were no longer part of the British empire -
First Fleet Arives
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French Revouloution
King Louis XVI was in need of urgent moneym his financial crisis ended up creating a new land tax that would have solved his monetary woes -
The Gold Rush
People rushing from all over the world to make their riches of gold -
Chinese Migration
Competition between Euopean and Chinese mines let to conflict over ground containing gold. European mines resented the Chinese for being different. Rumours spread about Chinese opium addiction, diseases and gambling. -
NSW becomes a state
Writing in his diaries on a return trip from Australia, Captain Cook referred to this land upon which would be founded a British colony, as New South Wales. It has been logically speculated that he may have believe the landscape there looked like the South of Wales in the United Kingdom. -
Birth of AFL
AFL was born and had been played in South Australia -
War Precautuioons Act of 1914
Gave the government full control of Australia during war. -
Start of WW1
War begins after the European country fail to negotiate a way out of the imminant threat of war. -
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Gallipoli Campaign
The ANZAC attack on Gallipoli.
During this time the Australian and New Zealand soldiers made a move to better their position in the way by making the Germans fight from 3 different ends.