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Steam Engine
James Watt was a Scotish inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the Newcomen steam engine were fundamental to the changes to the Industrial revolution in both the Kingdom of Britain and the world. -
French Revolution
Violently transformed France from a monarchy with rigid social class into a modern nation where social class structure was loosened. -
Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution was a period of brutal conflict in the French colony of Saint-Domingue,leading to the Elimination of slavery and the establishment of Hati as the first republic raved by african American ancestry. This revolution is regarded as one of the most defining moment in the history of Africans in the New World. -
Independence of Mexico
It was September 16,1810 when Miguel Hildalgo y Costilla, a priest in the small town of Dolores, Guanajuato, rang the church bell to gathere the townspeople. He called for the people of Mexico to rise up against the Spanish Crown thus initiating Mexico's War of Independence until the yr 1821, but it is this event that is known as Grito de Dolores which is acclaimed every year. -
Congrees of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a congress of ambassadors of European states.Its objective was to settle many issues arising from the french revolution.Napoleanic Wars and the dissoulution of the Holy Roman Empire. -
Opium War
The Opium War was two-trading wars of the mid-19th century in China.The first was between 1839-42 China and Britain, and the second 1856-60 also called the Arrow War or Anglo-French War was between China and British-French alliance. Trade developed between China and Western countries from the late 16th century.The Chinese, accustomed to tributary relationships with others,required that Westerners pay for Chinese goods with silver currency.British created opium in China and imported it illegally. -
Communist Manifesto
It was a political pamplet first distributed in the mid-nineteenth-century Europe.The authors are Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It was commisioned by the Communist League, it laid out the Leagues purposes and program. It presents an approach to the class struggle and the promblems of capitalism rather than the prediction of Communism's potential future forms. -
Matt Perry goes to Japan
Matthew Calbraith Perry was the Commondore of the U.S. Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854. The main reason the USA wanted Matthew to go to Japan was to use it as a "coaling base" or a base where steamships which used coal, could restock their coal supply.Also to make sure shipwrecked sailors got good treatment and the trade business. Commodore went to Japan's capital and start making demands. -
Sepoy Mutiny
The Sepoys were Indians trained by the British as soldiers, heard rumors that the cartridges for thier new Enfield rifles were greased with lard and beef fat.All the sepoys were outraged and mutinied because the cow is sacred and the pig is abhorrent to Muslims. This mutiny was harshly crushed by the British. On Sep 20,1857 the British recaptured Delhi and in the following months the British recaptured Kanpur and withstood a Sepoy siege of Lucknow. -
Unification of Germany
The formal unfication of Germany into a politically and administratively integrated nation state.There were many promblems in unifying the German states. Some politicians weren't in favor of unification.Some feared that unification would give Austria and Prussia too much power among the many states and other promblems involving who would collect tax and how much tax would be paid. -
Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. King Leopold II of Belgium divided up Continentt for colonization. There was no african representation at the conference. -
Russo-Japanesse War
The Russo-Japanesse War was a conflict between Russia and Japan in 1904-1905 over control of Korea and Manchuria. Japan successfully challenged Russia, its other rival for power in Korea and Manchuria. During the Russo-Japanesse War, Japan"s armies defeated Russian troops in Manchuria, and its navy destroyed almost an entire Russian fleet. In 1905 Treaty Portsmouth, Japan gained control of Korea as well as rights in parts of Manchuria. -
Zulu Uprising
The Zulu uprising was an revolt against British rule and taxation in Natal, South Africa. It was led by Chief Bambatha. The British won in an unequal battle with vast forces. Colonial soilders opened fire with machine guns and cannons,on rebels mostly the traditional spears and fighting sticks. In the end, Bambatha was killed and beheaded during the battle and betweween 3,000 and 4,000 were killed during the revolt. More than 7,000 imprisoned and 4,000 flogged. -
Dr. Sun Yat-sen takes over China
Dr. Sun yat-sen was a Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. He is frequently referred to as the founder of the Founding Father of Republican of China.Sun played a tremendous role in ispiring the overthrow of the Quing Dynasty. Sun was the first provisional president when the Republic of China was founded in 1912. Sun was uniting figure in post-imperial China.
