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Sep 22, 1563
Mechanical Device For Kniting Stockings
WIlliam Lee invented the stocking frame, the mechanical device for knitting stockings. -
British East India Company
British East India Company eastablished. -
Isolation of Japan
Almost complete isolation of Japan from the rest of the world. -
canton system
intiliation of the canton system -
Representives Third Estate Form a National Assembly
They form a national assembly swearing not to leave until a new constitution is established. -
Capture of the Bastille
Armed Citizens storm and capture the Bastille -
Great Fear
Peseants begin to revolt across France. -
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New World Territories West Indies and Louisiana Purchase
1789 Toussaint L'Ouverture leads slave revolt in Saint Domingue/Hispaniola - demands rights from the National Assembly
1803 - Napoleoon covers his losses in French West Indies by selling Louisiana to Us for $15,000,000 -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney develops cotton gin and device to clean raw cotton. -
Napoleon consecrated as Emperor
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A Stoppage to a Stride Over the Globe
1806/Continetal System - Napoleon blockades continent from British trade, Portugal ignores blockade/France invades through Spain, 1808/Peninsular War with Spain Spanish nationalisms grows as Napoleons brother, Joseph is crowned king. -
Congress of Vienna 1815
Dictatorship an outgrowth of democracy.. so Surround French strong countries, balance of power/no country a threat, restore royal families -
opium war
british traders ignore manchu regulations china declares war, the opium war -
Commodore Matthew Perry
Commodore Matthew Perry forces the Japanese government to open a limited number of ports for trade. -
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Crimean War
Lose because not as industralized, other Europeans, early reforms to protect Russian serfs emancipation 1861 had to pay for land, increases urban population no increase in ag production Need for Industrilization later reforms, law equal, local political councils, military increase. -
Meiji Restoration
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European Nations Follow
1868 - Meiji restoration
abolishes feudalism expand centralized power samurai class abolished, improvized, revolt, defeated, create new nobility
bureacracy reorganize. -
Sibearean Railroad
Trans Siberean Railroad open up Siberia improve banking encourage Western investment. -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telelphone -
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Imperalism
Betwen China and Japan primarily over control of Korea. -
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Russco-Japanese War
The Russco-Japanese War was the first great war of the 20th century. It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea. -
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Revolution of 1905
The Revolution of 1905 was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. -
Annexation of Korea
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Second Sino Japanese War
between China and Japan from 1941 on as part of World War II Other wars involving China and Japan were. -
19th Century
Qing Dynasty begins a long decline. Western powers impose unequal treaties that create foreign concessions in China's ports. Regional warlords rase as central government atrophies
