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reign of king louis xvi
Louis XVI was only 19 years old when he ascended the French throne, and his youth and inexperience made him an immature and indecisive leader. The country’s finances fell into disarray, and the expense of supporting the American Revolution almost drove the government to bankruptcy. The young king’s wife, Marie-Antoinette, was extravagant and unpopular; her lavish spending during times of financial hardship only heightened the growing revolutionary fervor. -
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Watt's Steam Engine
It was the next great step in the development of the steam engine. It was the first type of steam engine to make use of steam at a pressure. -
COTTON GIN
The device reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a worker able to work eight or more spools at once. was used ijn textile mills to make production more efficent. invented by James Hargreaves. -
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American Revolution
13 colonies come together to defeat British rule, Provincial congresses established, Second Continental Congress formed to defend USA from Britain and claim independence, Declaration of Indepence marks victory(rejecting British monarchy). -
spinning mule
invetend by samuel campton this lead to alot of the industralization of the states. -
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french revolution
French Monarchy replaced with democratic republic, social changes due to- enlightenment, rights of citizens. Became more authoritarian, militaristic and property-based. Resulted in the rise of Napoleon. -
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Haitian revolution
It was a slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Haitian republic. The mulatto descendants became the elite in Haiti after the revolution. -
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Toussaint L'Ouverture
leader of the Haitian Revolution lieutenant, Jean-Jacques Dessalines forced to resign by forces sent by Napoleon Bonaparte to restore French authority in the colony -
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boer war
After Transvaal formally declared independence from the United Kingdom, the war began on 16 December 1880 with shots fired by Transvaal Boers at Potchefstroom. This led to the action at Bronkhorstspruit on 20 December 1880, where the Boers ambushed and destroyed a British Army convoy. From 22 December 1880 to 6 January 1881, British army garrisons all over the Transvaal became besieged. -
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reign of napoleon
AFTER the death of the King, there was less peace in France than ever. The country was ruled by a Convention, and in this assembly one party struggled with another, and the fate of the members of the beaten party was always the same: they were hurried to the guillotine, and their heads fell beneath the great knife. The prisons were crammed with hosts of people, often quite innocent, who were supposed to be enemies of the Republic. These unhappy victims were sent to death in large batches, and th -
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wars of independence in latin america
The final victory of Latin American patriots over Spain and the fading loyalist factions began in 1808 with the political crisis in Spain. With the Spanish king and his son Ferdinand taken hostage by Napoleon, Creoles and peninsulars began to jockey for power across Spanish America. -
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Congress of Vienna
European ambassador's conference, objective was to settle issues after Napoleonic Wars, French Revolution, and dissolution of Holy Roman Empire, establised boundaries. -
Simon Bolivar
After the many independece wars, (during the 1820s) Simon Bolivar sought to unite many South American countries under one, known as Gran Colombia. He was a great patriot military leader who gained power during and after the independence wars. He was a "personalist leader" who held political power without constitutional right, also known as a caudillo. Caudillo's sprang up everywhere in Latin America after the wars. -
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Opium Wars
ought between Great Britain and Qing Dynasty of China over conflicting viewpoints on trade and diplomatic relations. British naval forces attacked China after China closed off drug trade, Resulted in British Victory with the Treaty of Nanking- Britain gained most favored nation status and opening of Chinese ports. -
communist manifesto published
The Communist Manifesto, originally titled Manifesto of the Communist Party, is a short 1848 publication written by the political theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. -
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unification of italy
Italy at mid-century was split into several parts. In the north, Austria had Lombardy and Venetia. To the west was the rival Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont. -
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Taiping Rebellion
Widespread Civil War in Southern China led by Heterodox Christian xiuquan, deadliest military conflicts in history, Qing prevail, fall of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, weakening of Qing. -
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unification of germany
When the United States announced its independence from Great Britain in 1776, The German states were bound together in a loose political entity known as the Holy Roman Empire, which dated to the era of Charlemagne in the 800s. -
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Crimean War
Fought between Russian and British, French and Ottoman. Partly over holy land and religious converting, majorily over industrialization and the expansion and invading of ports. -
bessemer process developed
Henry Bessemer (1813-1898) invented the first process for mass-producing steel inexpensively, also help the miliatary. -
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Sepy Rebellion
Started by mutiny of sepoys, erupted into rebellion, collapse of Mughal Empire, end of company rule, India taken over by British Crown. -
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Suez Canal
Ship canal dug across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt, designed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. It opened to shipping in 1869 and shortened the sea voyage between Europe and Asia. -
origin of the species published
On the Origin of Species, published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. -
Emancipation of the Russian Serfs
The emancipation of the russian serfs was the first and most important of liberal reforms effected during the reign of Alexander II of Russia. The reform amounted to the liquidation of serf dependence previously suffered by peasants of the Russian Empire. In some of its parts, the serfdom was abolished earlier. -
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Meiji Restoration
Happened to protect Japan from western imperialism. Now had mony things that countries in the west had also. Much like other industrialized countrie came to be industrialized. -
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berlin conference
The Berlin Conference of 1884–85 was a meeting between European nations to create rules on how to peacefully divide Africa among them for colonization. The conference was convened by Portugal but led by Otto von Bismarck, chancellor of the newly united Germany. -
indian national congress founded
The Indian National Congress is the self-proclaimed largest and oldest democratic organization in the world. Since its inception in 1885, it has been responsible for many of the drastic changes in Indian politics. So much so that leaders like Mahatma Gandhi who rose out of it succeeded in not only seeing changes in their country but in the entire world. -
Boxer rebillion
Chinese secret society known as the "Righteous Fists" rose up and starting attacking foreigners. Military forces put down the rising and occupied Beijing. This was alos an uprising of pesants -
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Panama Canal
Ship canal cut across the Isthmus of Panama by the US Army engineers, it opened in 1914. It greatly shortened the sea voyage between the east and west coast of North America. US turned canal over to Panama on January 1, 2000 -
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russo japanese war
it was a war to divide korea thats why its in how it's how today.north and south korea -
All india Muslium League founded
led the demand for the partition of India resulting in the creation of Pakistan -
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henery ford and assembly line
this line to the increase of products made at this time but also the interchangeable parts.