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Steam Engine
The steam engine had been built to work on pumping water out of coal mines, Thomas Savery’s machine consisted of a closed vessel that filled with water. Then steam under pressure was introduced. This made the water come to the surface with a lot of pressure and out of the mine shaft. Then a cold water sprinkler was used to condense the steam. This created a vacuum which sucked more water out of the mine shaft through a bottom valve. -
French Revolution
The single most crucial influence on the British intellectual, philosophical, and political life in the nineteenth century. -
Haitian Revolution
On this specific day Hatian revolution went into flames under leadership of Boukman. The hero of the hatian revolution would have to be François Dominique Toussaint L'Ouverture. -
Opium War
Lin Tse-hsü, the governor of the Chinese province of Hu-Huang, was an accomplished administrator and bureaucrat. After three years of fighting China was no match for the British in that they lacked advanced technology as well as similar war strategies. To end the fighting the Treaty of Nanking was implemented. The treaty stated that free trade was allotted to the west and Britain had control over Hong Kong as well as other Chinese ports for 120 years. The Treaty of Nanking was not implemented. -
Independence of Mexico
The Mexican War of Independence began in the year 1810 and continued till 1821. It was a struggle to achieve freedom from the oppressive rule of the Spanish colonizers by the Mexicans. Mexico comprised of various native civilizations like the Olmec, Maya, Toltec and the Aztecs. -
Communist Manifesto
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Sepoy Mutiny
The sepoys, who were Indians trained by the British as soldiers. This mutiny was harshly crushed by the British. On September 20, 1857, the British recaptured Delhi, and in the following months, the British recaptured Kanpur and withstood a Sepoy siege of Lucknow. The British victories were accompanied by widespread recrimination, and in many cases, unarmed sepoys were bayonetted, sown up in the carcasses of pigs or cows, or fired from cannons. -
Unification of Germany
The steam engine had been built to work on pumping water out of coal mines, Thomas Savery’s machine consisted of a closed vessel that filled with water. Then steam under pressure was introduced. This made the water come to the surface with a lot of pressure and out of the mine shaft. Then a cold water sprinkler was used to condense the steam. This created a vacuum which sucked more water out of the mine shaft through a bottom valve. -
Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference was a meeting of the continents so that they could talk about dividing Africa for all the diferent continents. Evvery continent was there except for Africa, the one getting divided. -
Zulu uprising
The British went in, in 1887 with 25000 combat forces, and by the time they came back they had lost 2000 people. Where as the Zulu's went in, in 1887 as well with 120000 combat forces and finally came home with looseing 40000. -
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War developed out of the rivalry between Russia and Japan for dominance in Korea and Manchuria. In 1898 Russia had pressured China into granting it a lease for the strategically important port of Lü-shun. -
Dr.Sun Yat-sen takes over China
Sun Yat-sen had an extensive education in the United States and Hong Kong to become a medical doctor, however soon after graduation he turned to politics. His first major role in China was in 1895 where he helped stage the unsuccessful Canton uprising against the Emperor. -
Congress of Vienna
The French were bankrupt of all territory because Napoleon conquered all of it.
