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Industrial Rev
The transition to using new machines for work instead of using manual labor. They used many different natural resources to power the machines the most popular would be water in the beginning. It started in Great Britian because of they were the most technological advanced and they had more capital and more natural resource -
First Successful Steam enigine is built
James Watt improved on the steam enigine. The use of these machines began to increase when factories used them in mills. Using these machines meant that factories didnt have to be built by water sources. Now that they didnt have to build near water sources they could be located where fuel was readily availble -
Mexico delcares independence
On this day Hidalgo rang a bell in his home town and there he delivered a speech calling the pesaents to fight for their independence. He shouted to the peasents "Death to the bad government". Hidalgo said that the speech he gave was loyal to the spanish king. -
Michael Faradays dynamo
In 1831 michael discovered the connection between magnetism and electricty. He made the dynamo a machine that made electricity ny moving a magnet through copper wire. This invention led to the development of generators. -
Taiping Rebellion
The major reason for this rebellion was the failure of the Qing dynasty to resist the western powers led some China men to believe that the dynasty had lost faith in heaven. This belief led to a large series of rebellions starting in the 1850s. The most notible of the rebellions was led by Hong Xiuquan who believed that his own brother was Jesus. -
Sepoy Mutiny in India
The sepoys were a bunch of Indian soldiers who fought with the british army at the time. The reason this mutiny came about was because of the invention of the new Biritish rifle. The reason they were mad about it was because they had to bite of the end of a cartridge if they wanted to insert it into the gun and it had pork and beef fat which is against their religion to eat or consume. -
Marx "Das Kapital"
Karl thought that there should be a connection between the way one worked and the way that they got paid. He says that capitalism disrupts the relationship between the way labor is and how much profit is. The way he thought was that it is not fair to the person who works harder to get paid the same amount as the person who doesnt do anything. Karl also thought that socialism could help the world -
Meiji Restoration
The emporer during this time was more of a symbolic figure. The real power in Japan during this time was the Shogun.The japanese people hated the shogun cause he gave into western demands and he was forced to step down as shogun -
Franco-Prussian War
In 1870 a conflict was brewing between France and control of the territory of Alsace and Lorraine. The two provinces mentioned were apart of the Holy Roman Empire which also included Prussia.This issue of Alsace and Lorraine ignited the feelings of nationalism in the south German states. -
Spanish-American War
In 1898 the battleship for the US called Maine had magically exploded in Havanas harbor. All the americans on that ship were assumed dead on the scene. Immediatley after they thought that the culprit was Spain. -
Boxer Rebellion
The humiliation of China by the west produced several nationalist movements that had the intent to restore China's glory. Harmonious Fists or Boxers was the most important during this rebellion. This was a serect society that combined martial arts and hatered of forgeiners so they were basically were ninjas -
Russo-Japenese War
Russia was expanding in the east and they were coming into conflict with another power country. Japan was builiding an empire in the 1900s. During this period they viewed Country Russia as a major threat to their plans of the empire. -
Franz Ferdinand Killed
Franz was visiting Sarajevo fell on the day of June 28 of 1914. This day is reconized as Serbian unity. A group of serbians were plotting to kiss Franz the group was called the Black Hand. -
Lenins Bloshvik Rev.
Kerenskys gov. ordered a final military offensive against Central Powers. This Failed even worse it spread to a worldwide rebellion. -
US joins WW1
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Lenin's Bolshevik Rev. in Russia
Kerensky's gov. ordered a final military offensice against Central Powers along the eastern front. Condidtions were ideal for Lenin to lead Bolshevik takeover. After nearly bloodless struggle, Kerenskys's gov. collasped. -
Treaty of Versailles is signed
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Russia becomes USSR
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Mussolini's Fascist Party
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Stalins rule in USSR begins
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black Tuesday Stock Market crash
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Hitle becomes Chancellor
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Germany Attacks Poland
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Japan Attacks Perall Harbor
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US declares war on Japan
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D-Day
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Nuremberg Trials
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US drops A-Bomb
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Apartheid in South Africa
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Mao Zedong's People's Republic of China
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Korean War
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Fidel Castro Cumminsm In Cuba
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Vietnam War
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Mikhail Gorbachev power in USSR
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USSR collapse
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Persain gulf war
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NAFTA
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WTO
