Making of the Modern World

  • Britain ship convicts to Sydney

    Britain ship convicts to Sydney
    Britian ships convicts to parts of Australia due to the overflow of prisons. They first started to ship to what is known now as Sydney.
  • Creation of Refigerator

    Creation of Refigerator
    The Refigerator was created so the supplies could stay fresh while they were being traded.
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    Indrustial Revolution

  • First reliable steam engine

    First reliable steam engine
    James Watt makes the first reliable steam engine which was used to power trains.
  • America asks for independence

    America asks for independence
    America askes for independence from the british rule. They became an independant nation.
  • Cotten Gin was invented

    Cotten Gin was invented
    The cotten Gin was made to take seeds out of cotten fatser than human hands.
  • Panama Canal

    Panama Canal
    The panama canal runs through Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Ships can cut through the canal rather than going all the way around South America.
  • United Kingdom abolishes slavery

    United Kingdom abolishes slavery
    The U.K abolishes slavery due to William Wilberforce convincing the government about the problems of slavery.
  • Factory acts are made

    Factory acts are made
    Factory acts are made for children working in factories. Such as children not working under the age of 10.
  • The movement of people

    The movement of people
    People migrated from their homelands to find work and space.
  • France abolishes slavery

    France abolishes slavery
    On 4 February 1794, the First Republic voted for the abolition of slavery in all French colonies. Then it was abolished definetivly in 1848.
  • America abolishes slavery

    America abolishes slavery
    Slavery was officially abolished in the United States in 1865, although many states abolished slavery for themselves at various dates between 1777 and 1864 and the transport of new slaves from Africa to the US was stopped as early as 1808.
  • Suez Canal

    Suez Canal
    The Suez Canal runs through the Mediterranean to the Red Sea through Egypt was used to import and export many different products
  • Australia's Federation

    Australia's Federation
    Australia is granted federation from the british but they still are in 'Partnership' with Brtian
  • First succesful Airplane flight

    First succesful Airplane flight
    On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane.
  • England owns 84% of the globe

    England owns 84% of the globe
    By the 1913 England owned 84% percent of te globe.
  • World War I

    World War I
    World War I started Europe due to the assanition of Archduke Franz Ferdinad. It was a global war that horrified the people of the world.