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Enlightenmet
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Spinning Jenny
Ws created by James Hargreaves and it allowed many threads of wool to be spun together. Before it would be by hand making one thread. -
Steam Engine
Engine was fueled on coal and sreated steam to make it go. It ws the first engine to power locomotives -
Birth of Capitalism
Adam Smith wrote a book called "Wealth of Nations" -
Cotton Gin
This invention sped up the process of making cotton into clothing by picking the seeds out f cotton, that otherwise would take hours. The result was cheaper clothing because it could be made faster -
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Opium Wars
Europe chose to try and sell opium to China, China took it but then decided it was bad, cutting ties with European trade. Europe didn't like this and this led to a war between the 2. -
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Industrial Revolution
New scientific thinking, new technolgy. People began coming from cottage indusrty to factories and woman entered the work force. Althought hteh econnomic opportunity was good it came with many negatives. -
Treaty of Nanjing
After the opium wars were over China was forced to sign the treaty. This treaty said that China had to open its ports o English trade. -
Mathew Perry
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Crimean War
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Self Straightening Movement
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Meiji Restoration
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European Imperialism
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New Imperialism
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Light bulb
Thomas Edisn invents teh lightbld which enables people to work for longer hours. Then henry ford created the ensemble line making prduction go by faster. -
Berlin Conference
European powers came togther to divide africa up. They took into no consideration of the people living there, and then dipped leaving them to fend for them selves. -
Indian National Congress
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Sino-Japanese War
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Open Door Policy
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Armenian Genocide
