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Movement of people - Slave Trade
The Slave Trade Act was an Act of Parliament made in the United Kingdom passed on 25 March 1807, with the title of "An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade". The original act is in the Parliamentary Archives. The act abolished the slave trade in the British Empire, but not slavery itself. Many of the Bill's supporters thought the Act would lead to the death of slavery. It was not until 26 years later that slavery itself was actually abolished. -
Whole Course Overview - Introducing the birth of a modern world
Scientific discoveries such as those made by Isaac Newton in the seventeenth century AD(CE) gave rise to a new belief that human beings, through the use of reason, could explain the nature of the universe. By the eighteenth century this way of thinking had developed into an intellectual movement known as the Enlightenment. The thinkers of the Enlightenment all believed that because human beings were born with a capacity to reason, they could solve their own problems. This -
The movement of People - Transportation of covicts to NSW
The number of convicts pales in comparison to the immigrants who arrived in Australia in the 1851–1871 gold rush. In 1852 alone, 370,000 immigrants arrived in Australia. By 1871 the total population had nearly quadrupled from 430,000 to 1.7 million people.[2] The last convicts to be transported to Australia arrived in Western Australia in 1868. -
Overview- Captain James Cook discovers Australia
The HMB Endeavour set sail from England's Plymouth Harbour, under the command of Captain James Cook, an accomplished astronomer, navigator and surveyor. The ship's company of 94 men were instructed to make for Tahiti, where they would observe and record the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun. -
Movement of People - transportation of convicts to NSW
During the late 18th and 19th centuries, large numbers of convicts were transported to the various Australian penal colonies by the British government. One of the primary reasons for the British settlement of Australia was the establishment of a penal colony to alleviate pressure on their overburdened correctional facilities. Over the 80 years more than 165,000 convicts were transported to Australia -
Indistrial revoloution - Construction of the Eiffel tower
Work on the foundations started in January 1887. The tower is comprised of 18, 038 pieces of wrought iron and 2 and half million rivets. No drilling or shaping was done on site. If any part did not fit it was sent back to the factory for alteration. - See more at: http://webodysseum.com/art/construction-of-the-eiffel-tower/#sthash.3tAyT7Xz.dpuf -
Whole Course Overview - Emergence of economic, social and political ideas
A revolution can occur for a variety of reasons, for example when large numbers of people within a society become so discontented with life that they overthrow the government. This occurred in both North America and France during the late eighteenth century, marking the beginning of an Age of Revolution. -
Overview - Boxer Rebellion in China
Beginning in 1898, groups of peasants in northern China began to band together into a secret society; called the "Boxers" by Western press. Members of the secret society practiced boxing and calisthenic rituals -
Making a nation - Development of the Australian colonies
The History of Australia (1851–1900) refers to the history of the indigenous and colonial peoples of the Australian continent during the 50 year period which preceded the foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901.
Gold rushes and agricultural industries brought prosperity and autonomous Parliamentary democracies began to be established throughout the colonies from the mid-19th century. -
Making a Nation - Opening of Australian Federal Parliament
Federal Parliament first met on 9 May 1901 in Melbourne. From 1901 to 1927 the Parliament met in the Victorian Parliament House. Finding a location for the nations parliament was a complex matter. In the end it became in the southern part of New south Waes; known as Canberra. -
Imperialism - Imperialism in Asia
Imperialism in Asia traces its roots back to the late 15th century with a series of voyages that sought a sea passage to India in the hope of establishing direct trade between Europe and Asia in spices. -
WWl - Trench Warfare
Trench warefare was a common type of fighting in World war one. -
WWl - Landings at ANZAC cove
The landing at Anzac Cove also known as the landing at Gaba Tepe was part of the amphibious invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula by predominantly Australian and New Zealand forces on 25 April 1915. The landing, north of Gaba Tepe on the Aegean coast of the Peninsula, was made by soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) and was the first major combat of the war for these two countries. -
WWl - German declares 'war zone'
A full two years before Germany's aggressive naval policy would draw the United States into the war against them, Kaiser Wilhelm announces an important step in the development of that policy, proclaiming the North Sea a war zone, in which all merchant ships, including those from neutral countries, were liable to be sunk without warning. -
Making a Nation - Federation Referendum
A referendum is a vote on a political question referred by a government to the people. Electors vote by writing 'yes' or 'no' in the box opposite each question. Referendums asking people to say 'yes' or 'no' to the proposed Australian Constitution were held in each of the Australian colonies between 1898 and 1900. -
Overview - Edward Jenner – vaccination against smallpox
For many centuries, smallpox devastated mankind. In modern times we do not have to worry about it thanks to the remarkable work of Edward Jenner and later developments from his endeavors. -
Whole Course Overview - European imperialism
Asian people who came into contact with European empires responded in many different ways. China and Japan initially sought to restrict contact with Europeans. People in India, Vietnam and the Dutch East Indies had little choice but to accept European influence, since they had been conquered by outside powers.
