Making of the Modern World By Abbi Lee Butterworth Period: Feb 4, 1750 to Feb 4, 1920 The Making of the Modern World Feb 7, 1775 American War of Independence Feb 7, 1783 American War of Indapendence Ends Feb 7, 1788 First fleet arrives to colonise Sydney Feb 7, 1789 French Revolution Feb 7, 1792 French Revolution Ends Feb 7, 1792 James Watt invents Steam Engine and starts Industrial Revolution Feb 7, 1794 Napoleonic Wars Feb 7, 1807 Britain Abolishes Slavery in the British Empire Feb 7, 1815 Napoleonic wars End Feb 7, 1848 European Revolutions Feb 7, 1850 Karl Marx writes the ‘Communist Manifesto’ Feb 7, 1890 Australian Unionism & Strikes Feb 7, 1901 Australian Federation Feb 7, 1914 World War One Feb 7, 1917 Russian Revolution Feb 7, 1918 World War One Ends
