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The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States. It was extremely beneficial to life, ever since the 1750's when it began, the population has skyrocketed, as has technology and medicines.
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Adventure Bay is a place in Tasmania, where British settlers were first reported there in 1804. It is estimated that between 6,000-10,000 Aborigines lived in Tasmania before the colonisation of the island in 1804. By 1830, acts of violence and introduced diseases had all but wiped out a people who had inhabited the island for over 35,000 years. -
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against many European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of French domination over most of Europe. Napoleon's army became weak, and his enemies were inventing superior tactics to defeat him. In November of 1815, a treaty was signed and the conflicts stopped. -
The Age of Revolutions was a period during the 1770's to 1840's when society underwent a range of revolutions in politics, war, society, art, culture and technology. It is particularly important to modern international system, but at the time it sort of failed due to the fact it excluded too many people from the new world. -
The shootout was an event where Ned Kelly and his gang got in a fight with the police. The police camped out for them, which eventually turned into a shootout. Ned Kelly murdered Constable Scanlan, and shot 2 other policemen, killing them. -
The Boxer Rebellion, the Boxer Uprising, the Boxer Insurrection, or the Yihetuan Movement was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901. The beginning traced back to the killing of two priests by two boxer members.
