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Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution took place in the 18th to 19th century. When it came to manufacting people would often do it in their home, they would mostly use hand tools. Industrialization made it possible for powered tools , special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production. -
1st successful steam engine is built
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Mexico declares its independence
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Michael Faraday’s dynamo
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Taiping rebellion
This rebellion began under the leadership of Hong Xiuquan. A friend of Hong’s, Feng Yunshan, utilized Hong’s plans to arange a new religious group, the God Worshippers’ Society . He formed the impoverished peasants of Guangxi province -
Sepoy Mutiny in India
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Karl Marx’s “Das Kapital”
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The Meiji Restoration - 1868
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Franco-Prussian War -1871
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Spanish-American War begins
United States declared war on Spain. The war ended with signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. The result was Spain lost all of its control over the remains of its overseas empire which would be Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines Islands, Guam, ect. -
Boxer Rebellion
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Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia - 1900
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Russo-Japanese War
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Franz Ferdinand is killed
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Russia becomes the USSR
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U.S. joins WWI – 1917
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Stalin’s rule in the USSR begins
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Treaty of Versailles is signed
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Mussolini’s Fascist Party in Italy
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Black Tuesday Stock Market crash
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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U.S. declares war on Japan
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Mao Zedongs PeoplesRepublic of China
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Japans attack on Pearl Harbor –12-7-1941
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D-Day –June 6 1944
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Nuremberg trials are held – 1945-1949
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U.S. drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima – 8-6-1945
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Germany attacks Poland –WWII begins
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Apartheid in South Africa
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Korean War is fought
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Vietnam War is fought
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Fidel Castro’s Communism in Cuba
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Mikhail Gorbachev power in USSR
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USSR collapses & Russia is back
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Persian Gulf War begins – early 1990s
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NAFTA is formed
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WTO is formed