The Making of the Modern World

  • More Efficient Steam Engine

    More Efficient Steam Engine
    James Watt Designs a more efficient steam engine
  • American Declaration of Independence

    American Declaration of Independence
    American decaration of independence announces the American colonices' independence of Great Britain
  • The First Fleet Arrives

    The First Fleet Arrives
    The First Fleet arrives in Botany Bay, begnning British settlement in Austraila
  • Outbreak of the French Revolution

    Outbreak of the French Revolution
    Outbreak of the French Rovoluton as a consequence of high bread prices and dissatisfaction with the ruling aristocrats who levied high taxes to support extravagant lifestyles
  • Alessandro Volta Invents a Battery

    Alessandro Volta Invents a Battery
    Alessandro Volta Invents a Battery to store electical current; the unit of electric potential, volt, is named after him
  • Refrigeation

    Refrigeation
    The invention of the fridge was the greatist invetion in my option because you could keep raw foods for longer then you use to because you would have to cook at as soon as possile before it turns horrible
  • Invention of the Plow

    Invention of the Plow
    In 1812 the plow was invented to increses the work speed of farmers to get more produce quicker
    This changed the world because before then the same farming tecqunecs that tha achent romens used
  • Angry Textile Workers

    Angry Textile Workers
    Textile workers smash machinery in factories and mills in the madlands and north of England because they thought that they would lose their jobs
  • The First Passenger Railway

    The First Passenger Railway
    George Stephenson builds the first passenger wailway between Liverpool and Manchester
  • Slavery is Abolished

    Slavery is Abolished
    In 1787 someone named William Wilberforce started the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. When the Brittish saw this they dismissed it but wasent till 47 years later they opened their eyes and desided to abolish it.
    This Changed the world because everyone could now be treated farily, yes their was alot of raceism but over time raceism went down.
  • Samuel Colt Invents the Revolver

    Samuel Colt Invents the Revolver
    Samuel Colt was granted a U.S. patent for the Colt revolver, it had a cylinder containing five to six bullets and an new cocking device. It was the first hand gun that used bulliets.
    This changed the world because this sparked inventers to make new and more effective guns
  • Publication of the People's Charter

    Publication of the People's Charter
    Publication of the people's charter in Britain demanding political reform, including the right to vote form the age of 21
  • Gold Discovery

    Gold Discovery
    Edward Hargraves discovers gold near Bathurst, New South Wales, triggering several gold rushes around Austraila
  • Birth Of Nicholas Tesla

    Birth Of Nicholas Tesla
    The man that changed the world was born.
    Little did he know that he would change the world by inventing well basicily power
  • Last Shipment of Convicts

    Last Shipment of Convicts
    Convicts transportation to Austraila ceases with the last shipment of convicts disembarking in Western Austraila
  • Federation of Austraila

    Federation of Austraila
    Federation of Austraila - the six colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Austraila, Tasmania, Victoria and Westen Austriaila
  • First Man Carrying Plane

    First Man Carrying Plane
    Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright achieve the first controlled, powered, man-carrying flight
  • The First Ford

    The First Ford
    Henry Ford produces his first Ford Model T automobile
  • Good Bye Titanic

    Good Bye Titanic
    The worlds largest passenger steamship, the Titanic, hits an iceberg in the north-west Anlantic Ocean and sinks; 1517 people die
  • World War I Ends

    World War I Ends
    World War I ends with the defeat of Germany