7th Grade Social Studies #2

  • 1999 BCE

    55% of voters rejected the idea of becoming an independent republic.

  • 1986 BCE

    Australia Act -- all legal ties with the British Empire were severed.

  • 1967 BCE

    ederal government began to pass legislation to help the Aborigines.

  • 1927 BCE

    Canberra was completed

  • 1915 BCE

    Sepoy Mutiny

  • 1913 BCE

    Borders of Africa

  • 1910 BCE

    Japan annexes Korea

  • 1908 BCE

    The first "Miss Japan"

  • Period: 1904 BCE to 1905 BCE

    The Russo-Japanese War:

  • 1901 BCE

    The commonwealth of Australia

  • 1901 BCE

    Immigration Restriction Act

  • 1900 BCE

    separation was an official government policy which lasted for many decades.

  • 1900 BCE

    a transformation of political & economic Africa, with virtually all parts of the continent colonized

  • 1900 BCE

    they attempt to throw out the foreigners.

  • 1899 BCE

    High-school education for women

  • 1890 BCE

    Only 5% of population could vote

  • 1889 BCE

    German model.

  • 1885 BCE

    The Indian National Congress

  • Period: 1884 BCE to 1885 BCE

    European leaders wanted to avoid war

  • 1882 BCE

    Taking advantage of Egypt’s unrest, Britain occupied Egypt

  • Period: 1875 BCE to 1900 BCE

    The “scramble for Africa” took place between

  • 1870 BCE

    Henry Stanley of Belgium established a colony called Congo Free State

  • 1868 BCE

    British transported prisoners to Australia

  • Period: 1868 BCE to 1912 BCE

    Emperor Meiji and Empress Haruko

  • 1858 BCE

    British crushed the rebellion.

  • 1857 BCE

    A large number of British-trained.

  • 1857 BCE

    Hindus and Muslims revolted against the British.

  • Period: 1856 BCE to 1860 BCE

    After repeatedly falling short of British expectations of Treaty enforcement, a second Opium War broke out

  • 1853 BCE

    when Japan went from a non-industrial feudal nation to a modern, industrial and imperial power.

  • 1853 BCE

    Arrival of Matthew Perry

  • 1839 BCE

    Excerpt taken from Lin Zexu’s letter to Queen Victoria

  • 1839 BCE

    These events would lay the groundwork for the British declaration of war

  • Period: 1839 BCE to 1842 BCE

    The Anglo-Chinese war

  • Period: 1839 BCE to 1842 BCE

    Japan was convinced that it had to “Open Up” to the West.

  • 1838 BCE

    Lin Tse-hsu was insisting that at least 1% of China’s population used.

  • 1836 BCE

    ban by arresting over 1,600 Chinese dealers and destroying tens of thousands of pounds of opium.

  • Period: 1833 BCE to 1850 BCE

    British and Irish

  • 1830 BCE

    The East India company ruled India.

  • 1830 BCE

    remnants of the tribes in the settled areas were moved onto Reserves.

  • 1813 BCE

    the Chinese government outlawed the smoking of opium and imposed a punishment of beating offenders 100 times.

  • 1800 BCE

    it banned both the production and importation of opium.

  • 1790 BCE

    the Chinese government realized that the opium trade and addition was a problem.

  • 1788 BCE

    British prisoners settled in Australia

  • Period: 1788 BCE to 1832 BCE

    New South Wales was officially a penal

  • 1787 BCE

    British ships called the “First Fleet” left England with convicts to establish a prison colony.

  • Period: 1776 BCE to 1779 BCE

    James Cook third voyage

  • Period: 1772 BCE to 1833 BCE

    Raja Ram Mohan Roy

  • Period: 1772 BCE to 1775 BCE

    James Cook second voyage

  • Period: 1768 BCE to 1771 BCE

    James Cook first voyage

  • 1707 BCE

    Beginning of British East India company to begin controlling India's political and economic life.

  • 1707 BCE

    Caption James Cook sailed around Australia

  • 1700 BCE

    Mughal Empire was in decline.

  • Period: 1612 BCE to 1947 BCE

    British India lasted form

  • 1606 BCE

    Butch (Netherlands) sailed to Australia.

  • 1600 BCE

    Control trade between India and Britain

  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1800 BCE

    carried goods and enslaved people between Europe, the Americas, and Africa.

  • Period: to

    British ruled India