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The Industrial Revolution was the start of the modern world. Machinery was beginning to take over jobs and the population was spiking.
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The end of the Napoleonic wars occurred at Waterloo. It was a battle between the French army and two Seventh Coalition armies, an Anglo-allied army and a Prussian army. They defeated Napoleon and forced him to surrender.
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During the Black War there was a lot of violence and conflict between the Indigenous and British people. Nearly 1000 Tasmanian Aboriginal people died. This resulted in Tasmania's Aboriginal population almost being wiped out.
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The Age of Revolution is a period in time when a significant amount of revolutionary movements happened. This period of time is also recognised for the change in government.
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Ned Kelly's legacy took place at Stringybark creek in 1878. Ned and his brothers held up a group of police officers and fatally shot two of them before letting the other two free.
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The Boxer Rebellion was a movement against foreigners by peasants. They wanted to drive all foreigners out of China.
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The Battle of Beersheba took place in World War 1 in Palestine against the Turks. Thousands of (Australian) men on horses swarmed the town of Beersheba. They successfully got to Beersheba with only 31 casualties.