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Watt's Steam Engine
It was the first type of steam engine invented and later remade to be more fuel efficent and powerful. -
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Toussaint Louverture
He was the leader of the slaves in the Haitian Revolution. -
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French and Indian War
A war between Britain and France in America that erupted into the Seven Years War. -
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Seven Years War
The war that resulted in Britain annexing Canada, Florida and Benghal. France also gived Louisiana to Spain. -
Invention of the Spinning Jenny
A multi-spool spinning frame invented to make the making of clothing easier and faster to do at home. -
Invention of the Water Frame
It's a spinning frame run by water power. It was invented by Richard Arkwright. -
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Napoleon Bonaparte
He was the military and political leader of the French Revolution. -
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Marie Antoinette
She was the Queen of France during the French Revolution. -
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American Revolution
The war between America and Britain for American independence. -
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Louis XVI
He was the King of Frence during the French Revolution. -
Storming of the Bastille
It was the storming of a French Prison which signified the pivot point of the French Revolution. The prison represented French loyalty. -
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
The resulting document of the French Revolution. -
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French Revolution
A period of time in French history where radical social and political beliefs were running rampant, resulting in the question of the government and church. -
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Haitian Revolution
The war in Haiti between slaves and the French for slave freedom. -
Whitney's Cotten Gin
It was a machine invented by Eli Whitney that quickly seperated seeds from the fibers of cotton, and therefore made the work easier and quicker. -
Telegraph
It was a machine used to carry out long distance communication invented by Claude Chappe. -
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Commodore Matthew Perry in Japan
He opened up Japan to Western trade and influences -
Britain takes over India
Britain needed more resorces and trade, so they took over India for profit. -
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Industrial Revolution
The period of time where breakthroughs in new agricultural technology and techniques caused great changes in widespread Agricultural techniques. -
Abolition of Slave Trade in Britain
In 1807 Britain abolished Slave trade and later in 1833 abolished slavery in their own colonies. -
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Mexican Independence
It was a war fought between Spain and Mexico for Mexico's independence from Spainish rule. -
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Congress of Vienna
The conference of representatives from various European countries including Britain, Russia, Prussia, Austria and many more. -
Battle of Waterloo
The battle between France and Prussia that took place mainly in present-day Belgium. -
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Emancipation of Russian Serfs
Between these years the various parts of Russia abolished serfdom. -
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Brazilian Independence
It was a series of political disputes between Brazil and Portugual concerning Brazilian Independence from them. -
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Greek Independence
It was a revolutionary war between the Greeks and the Ottomons concerning freedom of Greece of Ottomon rule. -
Dissolution of the Janissaries
It was the disbandment of the Ottomon warriors known as the Janissaries. Sultan Mahmud II disbanded them. -
End of the Atlanic Slave Trade
The end of the Atlantic Slave Trade came with the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833. -
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Afrikaners Great Trek
It was the migration of thousands of Afrikaners from Cape Colony -
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Opium wars
In total, the Opium wars (there's two) lasted from 1839 to1860 and they were wars fought between China and the British Empire. The British were forcing China to trade Opium with them. -
Revolutions- Austria, Germany, Italy, and Hungary
Various revolutions that occured to change the status quo, be rid of certain governments, etc. -
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Taiping Rebellion
It was one of the most deadly military conflict in history. It was a civil was that took place in Southern China. -
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Crimean War
War between basically Russia and everyone ealse (France, Britain etc.) where Russia wanted Greece and everyone stopped them. -
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Sepoy Rebellion
It began as the mutiny of the Sepoys from the East India Company and soon erupted into other mutinies around India. -
Meiji Restoration
It brought the Japanese Imerial rule back together. -
Suez Canal
It allowswater transport between Europe and Asia. -
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Imperialization of Africa
It's also known as the "Scramble for Africa" where many European countries were scrambling for land in Africa. -
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The Boxer Rebellion
It was a rebellion of China against the West and Christianity. -
Aswan Dam
Its a dam across the Nile. -
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Panama Canal
Its a ship canal that joins the Pacific to the Atlantic ocean. -
African National Congress
It's South Africa's main governing political party. -
Overthrow of the Qing Dynasty
This was the end of the line of dynasties in China.