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It continued until the 20th century and now.
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Ames Hargreaves, a British carpenter and weaver, invents the spinning jenny. It was to make cloths in a faster way.
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Battles of Lexington opens the first step of the American Revolution.
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The Treaty of Paris that was signed between the representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of US ended the American Revolutionary War.
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In 1789, Saint Domingue was the richest and the wealthiest colony in the Americas.
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In 1789, white and free colored planters appealed to the French Revolutionary Assemblies
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The French revolution begins with the storm of the Bastille. The Bougeoisie was angry and disapointed with the monarchy that was ignoring the people with hunger and revolted.
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Ogé tries to escape to England, where he is secretly helped by abolitionists. From there he sails to the United States, and he buys weapons.
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On May 15, 1791, the National Constituent Assembly declared that the gens de couleur libres had the right to vote., but it did not apply to slaves. It created a disagreement between people with the slaves.
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Led by former slave Toussaint l’Overture, the slaves rebelled against the planters.
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The revolution spreads and it become more organized and militant. Plantation crops are ruined.
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Reign of Terror begins by Robespierre, the leader of the Jacobins. Everyoone, no matter their social class, are beheaded when their ideas do not match with Robespierre.
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Eli Whitney creates a machine that makes it much easier to separate cotton seeds from cotton fiber. It greatly reduces the time it takes to clean cotton and helps the southern states make more money from cotton crops. It was validated until 1807.
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Napoleon causes a coup d'etat and takes over the power. Later on, he declaires himself an emperor.
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It established his authority over the entire island of Hispaniola and made him governor and general for life with an absolute power. It also was to abolish slavery and reform land ownership.
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L’Ouverture rode into Cap-Français to discuss a treaty with Leclerc. He negotiated an amnesty for all his remaining generals, then retired with full honors to his plantations at Ennery.
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L’Overture was taken and sent to France where he died in prison.
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Dessalines declared the nation independent and renamed it Haiti.
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The population of Haiti fell by at least 125,000 between 1789 and 1804.
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Haiti ceased to be a major producer of sugar or coffee after 1804.
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With the death of Simon Bolivar, the Latin American Revolution ended.
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Jose de San Martin defeated the spanish in Chile, but he refused to govern.
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Jose de San Martin boarded on a british ship to participate in the revolutionary movement.
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San Martin created a revolutionary government in Argentina
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Simon Bolivar and his troops invades Venezuela
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Lead by Simon Bolivar and his army, Venezuela proclaims its independence.
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Jose de San Martin and his troops entered Lima, and proclaimed the independence of Peru.
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He founds Gran Colombia in 1821, and it included Ecuador, Colombia, Panama and Venezuela.
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Peru gains its independence and Simon Bolivar is declaired as the dictator of Peru.
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Bolivia is created by Simon Bolivar in 1825.
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Samuel Colt invented the first revolver used in guns. It was used in the Civil War.
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In 1842 Joseph Dart constructed the first grain elevator at the foot of Commercial Street on the Buffalo Creek. It consisted of a wooden structure that served as storage bins for the grain.
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Samuel Morse invents the telegraph, which allows messages to be sent quickly over a wire.