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Industrial Revolution
It started in Great Britain. During this time technology started to trasform the world. It started with water and steam power and evolved into electricity. -
1st successful steam engine built
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Mexico declares its independence
Father Hidalgo was the first to make a public call for independence. After his death, Jose Maria Morelos took over the revolution. It took a while to comprimise with the many groups in Mexico but they got togther to win independence. -
Michael Faraday's dynamo
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Taiping Rebellion
The leader was Hong Xiuquan. Many armies attacked the Taiping army and defeated it. The cost of the rebellion was the deaths of 20 million Chinese. -
Sepoy Mutiny in India
The spark that ignited the rebellion was the new British rifle. The ammunition cartrigde was offencve to both the Muslims and Hindus. In the end Britain won and India was now a British Colony. -
Karl Marx's Das Kapital
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The Meiji Restoration
Mutsuhito was the one to take back power of the government. He took the name Emperor Meiji when he was in power. He belived that Japan should reform instead of fight. -
Franco-Prussian War
It started with a conflict over the territory of Alsace and Lorraine. The territory was part of the Holy Roman empire like Prussia. With the help of the Geman states Prussia was victorius. -
Spainish-American War begins
The starter was the explotion of the U.S. Maine by the Havana harbor. This caused Congress to declare war. Together with Cuba they defeated Spain and won the war. -
Boxer Rebellion
A secret society was behind the rebellion. They began to attack missionares and others that are covertsof Christianity. The Chinese were even more humiliated after secertly helping the Boxers and loseing. -
Russo-Japanese War
Japan saw Russia as a theart to its plan to build a new empire. Because of that the japanese attacked and won against Russia. This added to the growing unrest of its citizens. -
Franz Ferdinand is dead
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Lenin's Bolshevik Revoltion in Russia
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U.S. joins WWI
The starter was when German boats attacked ships with American passengers. They also heard of plans of Germany using Mexico to attack America. It was this that pushed the U.S. to join the war. -
Mussolini's Fasict Party in Italy
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Treaty of Versailles is signed
The treaty forced Germany to pay for the damages. Other parts were designed to weaken Germany. Even though they were angry, Germany signed the treaty. -
Russia becomes the USSR
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Stalin's rule in the USSR begins
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Black Tuesday Stock Market crash
On this day, investors sold off 16 million shares. With the few people willing to buy them the prices collasped completly. This effected just about everything in America. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
When he got into power he had his opponets and others who whent against him arrested or bullied out of the way. He began to improve the German military and economy. He actually did alot to help Germany during that time. -
Germany attacks Poland-WWII begins
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Japans attack on Pearl Harbor
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U.S. declares war on Japan
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D-Day
Allied forces began their assult on France. They fought against strong German forces but they won. Thanks to this win a lot of Allied forces were being moved into Europe. -
Nuremberg Trials are held
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U.S. drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima
An American plane drop the A-bomb on Hroshima. It killed more than 70,000 people insantly. When that wasn't enough they droped another bomb on Nagasaki. -
Apartheid in South Africa
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Mao Zedong's People's Republic of China
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Korean War is fought
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Vietnam War is fought
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Fidel Castro's Communism in Cuba
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Mikhail Gorbachev power in USSR
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Persian Gulf War begins
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USSR collapes & Russia is back
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NAFTA formed
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WTO formed