World History II

  • 1526

    The Mughal Empire

    The Mughal Empire
    It was established and ruled by the Timurid Dynasty. It was the third largest empire in India.
  • Gunpowder Plot

    Gunpowder Plot
    Guy faux and a group of other guys wanted to blow up a building that the king was going to be in but the king got word of it and caught them and they got torcered and then got executed.
  • Battle on Edge Hill

    Battle on Edge Hill
    It was a pitched war that was fought In the English Civil war and fought near Edge Hill. It occurred when they fond that they were right next to each other and attacked and lots of people died.
  • King Charles I is Beheaded

    King Charles I is Beheaded
    He was beheaded for treason and everyone came to see it because they wanted to see him die. It was over the Catholics and the Protestants and that was what the war was about.
  • The Glorious Revelation

    The Glorious Revelation
    It was when they over threw the king so that they could have the stuff that they liked again and could have fun. William and Mary or Orange took it over and everyone was happy.
  • The Palace of Versailles

    The Palace of Versailles
    It was a Palace built for King Louis the 14 to show how wealthy he was but that came crashing down on him when it put all of France in debt. It cost over 2 billion dollars to build and gad a whole room full of glass which was considered very rare at he time.
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights
    Th document was passed to make sure that the queen and the king could not raise the taxes without consulting Parliament. It made it so that the King could not just take money from just anyone.
  • The steam engine

    The steam engine
    It was made so that they could convert water in to some sort of power source. With this engine they could use it to power trains and really big things
  • The Spinning Jinny

    The Spinning Jinny
    It was made by a man named James Hargreaves. It was used to make loom weaving a lot easier than by hand.
  • Australia used as a prison

    Australia used as a prison
    They used it as a prison because a lot of people were getting killed for little things like steeling clothes or food. So they made it so that there was a more relevant punishment.
  • The steam engine

    The steam engine
    The steam engine was made so that locomotives could move on a fuel that was not bad not the air and it was very fast.
  • Storming of the Bastille

    Storming of the Bastille
    The people stormed it to get inside to reach the gunpowder and make a statement
  • The Tennis Court Oath

    The Tennis Court Oath
    The third estate pledged that they would not leave the court until they got a new constitution
  • The woman’s march

    The woman’s march
    The woman wanted their bread and were protesting for it.
  • The Cotton Jin

    The Cotton Jin
    It was made to make it so that the people using it did not have to pull the seeds out the machines would do it for them.
  • The beaheading of Louis 16

    The beaheading of Louis 16
    The people got tired of him and what he was doing and put him in prison and shortly after bheheaded him
  • Beheading of Marie Antoinette

    Beheading of Marie Antoinette
    Shortly after Louis was beheaded Marie was right behind him and died a very gory death
  • Interchangeable parts

    Interchangeable parts
    Eli Whitney made these so that it would be a lot easier if a part broke that you could just change it a lot faster.
  • Abolition of Slave trade

    Abolition of Slave trade
    It was law that was passed that would let slaves be free and not have to work for people if they did not want but they were not released very fast it took a long while.
  • The Steam Boat

    The Steam Boat
    It was used to be able to navigate up and down some of the narrow and blocked river ways to explore more of the land. Before that nothing was big enough or strong enough to go through the rivers.
  • Napoleon escapes Elba

    Napoleon escapes Elba
    He escapes Elba to go back to France to bring back power to himself
  • The Hundred days

    The Hundred days
    He try’s to rally the French troops together and take back France but no one wants him there and baniash far away
  • Revolution of Greece

    Revolution of Greece
    It was a revolution to get out of the shadow and rule of the Ottoman empire so that they could be their own country
  • Napoleon Dies

    Napoleon Dies
    He was banished to St. Hallena and got stomach cancer and he dies
  • The Locomotive

    The Locomotive
    It was made so that people could travel cross country and it also could keep food fresh that would go bad.
  • The Revolution of Belgium

    The Revolution of Belgium
    They trying to claim their independence from the dutch and in the process the started a revolution that worked and they got their freedom.
  • End of the abolition of slavery

    End of the abolition of slavery
    This is when all of the slaves were finally all free and William Wilberforce the one who had been fighting for all of this died just days later.
  • Beginning of the first opium war

    Beginning of the first opium war
    China declared a war on drugs confiscating over 1000 tons of opium from dealers mostly British.
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph
    It was used so that people who were around back before there was not a phone could communicate with one another but they each had to have a telegraph there were not messages
  • The Great Potato Famine

    The Great Potato Famine
    It was when all of the potato went bad and you could not eat them and if you did you would die but you would die from starvation so it was all tragic.
  • Treaty of Kanagawa

    Treaty of Kanagawa
    The treaty between Japan and United Sates to be able to trade with each other.
  • Sepoy Mutiny

    Sepoy Mutiny
    The Sepoy did not want to put there mouth on the animal fat specifically cow fat and they declared war because Britain would not change the way they did things.
  • Charles Darwin publishes his book

    Charles Darwin publishes his book
    It was a book about the bible and on creation and how it works and it was very popular
  • Prince Albert dies

    Prince Albert dies
    He died and it made queen Victoria very sad and she would still make her servants put out his clothes every morning
  • Meiji Revolt

    Meiji Revolt
    A very powerful group of samurai over throw the shogun in power over them.
  • Air brakes

    Air brakes
    They were used so that people would have a lot easier time stopping in trains and there would not be a problem on the track. They are still used today.
  • Light bulb

    Light bulb
    It was made so that people could see a lot better within there house or contained buildings. the alternative was a candle which was not very good at all
  • Married women can own property

    Married women can own property
    It was a law that was passed that said that they would own there own property if they were married with was a really good thing for them
  • Boer War

    Boer War
    It was a war between the British and the Africans because they wanted their freedom but the British did not want to give it to them.
  • The Boxer Rebellion

    The Boxer Rebellion
    Uprising in norther china against the spread of Western and Japanese influences in China
  • Queen Victoria Dies

    Queen Victoria Dies
    Everyone is very sad but she was the longest person to ever be on the throne.
  • The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

    The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
    He was shot because his car broke down right next to the killer
  • Germany declares war on Russia

    Germany declares war on Russia
    Germany was tired of Russia and took them to war.
  • Italy declares them selfs neutral

    Italy declares them selfs neutral
    They did not want to get repercussions from the war so just decided to remain neutral
  • The Christmas Truce

    The Christmas Truce
    Both sides came together and they both celebrated for one day and there was no fighting
  • Grigori Rasputin is Killed

    Grigori Rasputin is Killed
    He was called to a party and then he was shot and then thrown over a bridge. The Czar was very fond of him.
  • Bolshevik Revolution

    Bolshevik Revolution
    The Bolsheviks were tired of being thrown around and took matters in to their own hands.
  • The Killing of Czar Nicholas

    The Killing of Czar Nicholas
    He was asked to go somewhere and was tricked and then was gunned down and it was a really bloody really grisly death.
  • Armistice Day

    Armistice Day
    It was when the end or the war was signed and it was all over but some firing still came because the soldiers wanted to win and kill.
  • Stalin takes over power

    Stalin takes over power
    He was a very bad man but he made himself look good by making other look very bad.