Annotated Timeline 1750-1900

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    7 Years War

    War between France and Britain in the Americas
  • Declaration of Independence

    The U.S declares their independence from Britain
  • Louisiana Purchase

    The U.S buys territory west to the Rocky Mountains from France
  • Haitian Independence

    The country Haiti gains independence from France
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    Janissary Revolt

    The Ottoman empire's police force revolted due to them attempting to create a modern army
  • War of 1812

    Unified Canada against the U.S, gave French and British Canadians a sense of unity
  • Latin American Independence

    Many Latin American countries were liberated from their rulers
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    Mexico:War and Reform

    Shifted from monarchy to republic and then to caudillo rule
  • Indian Removal Act

    Forced Indians to migrate to the west of the Mississippi River
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    Opium War

    China was being traded opium which they didn't want anymore but were eventually forced to keep
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    Tanzimat Reforms

    Educational reforms brought free and mandatory primary school and the legal reforms were modeled after Napoleon's civic code
  • Treaty of Nanjing

    Gave Britain exclusive rights to trade opium with China and gained access to Hong Kong
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    Mexican-American War

    Texas declared independence from Mexico and was annexed by the U.S, sparking a war
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    Taiping Rebellion

    Wanted radical social change, were crushed by foreign troops and the Qing dynasty
  • Commodore Perry "opens" Japan

    He forces Japan to open borders for trade with unequal treaties
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    Crimean War

    Russia tried to gain territory from the Ottoman Empire but British and French forces intervened.
  • Emancipation of Serfs by Alexander II

    Didn't increase agricultural production and was an obstacle for economic growth
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    U.S Civil War

    North fought the South to end slavery in America
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Made abolition of slavery a goal of the war
  • Dominion of Canada

    Federal government with a Governor-General representing the British
  • Meiji Restoration

    Gave power back to boy emperor Musuhito, ending 700 years of shogun rule
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    Russo-Japanese War

    Russia tried to expand to the east but was defeated by Japan
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    Mexico: Revolution

    Class conflict, peasants, workers and middle class overthrow Dictator Diaz