task 3 timeline

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  • First Industrial Revolution (1760-1804)

    First Industrial Revolution (1760-1804)
    It started in England in the second half of the 18th century, it was the process of economic, social and technological transformation. Shifted from a rural economy based on agriculture and commerce to an urban, industrialized and mechanized economy.

  • American Revolution (1765-1791)

    American Revolution (1765-1791)
    The discontent of the colonists caused by the lack of representation in the government was the main cause of this revolution. Enlightenment ideas also influenced.
    England was economically bad, to recover, they wanted the 13 British colonies in America to pay more taxes. They opposed paying more.
    One of the main protests origined by this discontent was the "Boston Tea Party", English colonies capsized ships with tea coming from England.

  • French Revolution (1789-1799)

    French Revolution (1789-1799)
    This revolution was caused mainly by:
    ·A financial crisis provoked by the Seven Years War
    ·Poor people rebellions
    ·Great expenses
    · Nobility refusing to pay taxes and the burgeoisie that wants political power
    · Enlightenment ideas
    It went through three phases, The National Assembly, The Convention and The Directory.
    It ended with the start of the Contemporary Age and elimination of absolute monarhy in France, among many other things.

  • Napoleonic Empire (1804-1815)

    Napoleonic Empire (1804-1815)
    Napoleon avoided the return of absolutism and conducted an administrative reform, placing prefects in provinces, enacting a civil code and reforming the tax and education.
    In 1804 he crowned himself emperor.
    He conquered much of Europe, reaching his greatest empire in 1811.
    In 1814, he was beaten in Russia and Spain, left power. Returned in 1815 but defeated in Waterloo, and exiled on St. Helena. He died in 1821
    Return of the Old Regime in France and Europe.

  • Independence of Spanish America (1808-1833)

    Independence of Spanish America (1808-1833)
    Armed conflicts between 1809 and 1829, which took place in the American possessions of the spanish empire in the early 19th century.
    Napoleon kidnapped the spanish monarchs. The lack of power leads to a liberal revolution in America and Spain that end with the Old Regime.

  • European Absolutist Restoration (1814-1820)

    European Absolutist Restoration (1814-1820)
    UK, Austria, Prussia and Russia met at the Congress of Vienna, with two objectives:
    Restoring the Old Regime: restored the monarchs deposed by Napoleon.
    Redrawing the political map of Europe: France was forced to return to the boundaries of 1791.
    They created the Holy alliance (1815): mantainance in Eurpoe of the absolutist, monarchical and religious status quo.

  • The Liberal Revolutions Of The First Half Of The 19th Century. (1820)

    The Liberal Revolutions Of The First Half Of The 19th Century. (1820)
    ·The revolutions 1820 concentrated in the Mediterranean and Russia. Liberals in Spain, Portugal, Naples, Piedmont and Russia rose up against absolutism. Monarchs initially accepted , but in the end they imposed absolutism.

  • The Liberal Revolutions Of The First Half Of The 19th Century. (1830)

    The Liberal Revolutions Of The First Half Of The 19th Century. (1830)
    · The revolutions of 1830 affected almost all Europe. Liberals were placed in power in many states. Began in France with the ousting of Charles X and th implemention of the constitutional monarchy of Louis-Phillipe. Belguim achieved independence from Holland. The absolutist powers of the Holy Alliance managed to redirect the revolutionary process without falling, until the next Revolution of 1848.

  • The Liberal Revolutions Of The First Half Of The 19th Century. (1848)

    The Liberal Revolutions Of The First Half Of The 19th Century. (1848)
    ·1848 revolutions started in France, where Louis-Phillipe was ousted from power and the French Second Republic was created.
    Revolutionaries set up barricades in the street and demanded more rights. These demands terrified the bourgeoisie, who suppressed them and implemented a conservative liberalism.

  • Unification of Italy (1859-1870)

    Unification of Italy (1859-1870)
    Directed by the Kingdom Piedmont-Sardinia. Central figures Victor Emmanuel II, Prime minister Cavour, with national groups, along with the revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi. Several stages in the unification:
    First, Emmanuel II incorporated Lombardy in the battle against Austria.
    Minewhile, Garibaldi conquered the kingdom of Two Sicilies in the south.
    Kingdom of Italy was founded (1861,) Annexation of Venice (1866), Conquest of the Papal States (1870).
    Liberal political system.

  • Unification of Germany (1864-1871)

    Unification of Germany (1864-1871)
    Main figures in german unification were William I, king of Prussia, and Chancellor Bismarck. Aimed to unify Germany and exclude Austria, political rival. Carried out in two stages:
    Prussia defeated Austria in the battle of Sadowa (1866), northern German states were unificated.
    Prussia defeated France in the battle of Sedan (1870) incorporating
    Alsace and Lorraine, unifying the southern German states.
    German Empire begun in (1871).
    Federal political system.

  • Second Industrial Revolution (1870-1914)

    Second Industrial Revolution (1870-1914)
    The Second Industrial Revolution refres to the main changes that occurred during that time. Like the economic growth, new energy sources (gas, electricity), new materials such as steel and petroleum and in transport railway and automobile. The radio and the telephone were created. Scientific and educational system changed.
    Capitalism arose allowing the creation of new companies.