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The Gunpowder Plot
Guy Fawkes and his catholic friends plot to take out all the members of parliament during the annual meeting in Autumn. The king found out from a note sent to one of the members of parliament as a fair warning for the guy to flee. They find Guy amidst all the gunpowder, arrested him, tortured him, hung him, and cut off his head. Years after, his head was still displayed for the public to view. -
James 1 dies
After James 1 dies, his son Charles 1, becomes king. He was so bad at being king, parliament proposes and document, the Petition of Rights, that limits what power he has. This makes it so he can’t jail people just because, he can’t keep soldiers in peoples homes, and now parliament has control over approving taxes. -
Oliver Cromwell Takes over Commonwealth
After Charles 1 was executed, period of common wealth took place in where there was to be no king, but a leader (Oliver Cromwell) turned into a military dictator and made everyone’s lives miserable. Harsh rules for religion were put in place, entertainment was banned, and so was Christmas! He died of natural causes only to be dug up years later and declared a traitor. -
The Restoration
Restoring the Monarchy, Charles ll was called the Merry Monarch for lifting all the strict and unjust rules of commonwealth. He passed the Habeas Corpus law that ensured the people’s rights so they get a trial and can’t be forgotten in jail. Constitutional Monarchy was created, limiting power of the king and guaranteed the rights of the people. -
Discovery of Crop Rotation
Believe it or not, crop rotation was a significant discovery for America. By moving farmers crops around every year, the different crops would augment the soil making it more and more nutritious. Realizing the benefits lead to more successful harvests and that meant more money earned. Thank you crop rotation. -
Birth of Olaudah Equiano
He was born in Barbados, captured and sold, and traveled to England and learned how to read and write. He turned into a public speaker and wrote an auto biography. -
Estates General
At the Estates General, the topic of imposing a tax and the 2nd Estate was discussed. This was because France was at the lack of money. The voting for this was obviously 2-1, 1st and 2nd estate taking the win. 3rd estate called this unfair, as they should, saying they should get more votes as they are representing for FAR more people. This made them mad so they didn’t finish voting and left. -
The Tennis Court Oath
After the 3rd estate left the Estates General, furiously, the scurried on over to a nearby tennis court and claimed they wouldn’t budged until they were constituted. They made an oath for the king to sign declaring he would let voting go by population. The king sign but didn’t abide by this oath which angered the 3rd estate furthermore. -
The Start of the French Revolution
With all this tension and contending between the estates, the revolution was imminent. On July 14, 1789, the 3rd estate storm the Bastille. (A prison type building for annoying politicians.) They stormed it because it also possessed an abundance of gun powder and amo. Before long, 3rd estate citizens took over almost the whole city of Paris. -
The Bread March
The economy was failing so badly it was hard to even buy bread weekly for common people. Household owners grew upset and angry at the king. The women from the households decided to march to Versailles. They were faced with massive amounts of guards but they didn’t care. They persuaded the royal family to come back to France and basically put them in house arrest in a different palace. -
Royal Family Attempts to Flee France
Frances government was depleting so quickly Louis XV1 attempts to flee with Marie Antoinette and their children. The brought a heavy amount of food with them and wore poor disguises. They were recognized on the way to the Luxembourg border and brought back to Paris. He was declared a traitor and guillotined. Marie Antoinette following close behind, 10 months later. -
Napoleon Declares Himself Emperor
Napoleon declared himself emperor after he proclaimed himself First-Consul in 1799, and Consul for Life in 1802. Rumor that was spread about him is that he took the crown, and crowned himself. Implying that he thought of himself as higher than the pope. This was never proven to be true though. -
Napoleon’s First Son
After marring his first wife, they found out she was not able to bear children. He divorced and remarried a women named Marie-Louis. The had a child together and named their new son, Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles. -
The Battle of Waterloo
This was Napoleons final defeat. After returning from being exiled, he fights one more battle He is defeated and exiled once again, but this time to a place called St. Helena. He does not escape again but dies here. -
Reform Bill of 1832
It was created to broaden voting. You now had to be a male and you had to own land. -
Abolition of Slavery Law
It was passed in 1833 and William, an advocate for the movement died 3 days later. -
Chartist Movement
In result of the reform bill, this movement happened and it wanted all men to be able to vote. All men shouldn’t have to own land to run for parliament. They also stood up for voting privacy. -
Morse Code was Invented
Samuel Morse created Morse code as a faster and more efficient way to communicate over a long distance. He did this because his dying wife didn’t get his letter in time and the communication was cut off. -
Treaty of Nanjing
An agreement between China and England. England forced China to surrender Hong Kong, no taxation of imported goods, and they had to legalize opium again. -
The Crystal Palace Exhibition
The purpose was to display all the things from British Industrial revolution. It was 1848 feet long and filled with all these new inventions. Not only just from Britain, but there was a sections for things from around the world. -
Treaty of Kanagawa
A trade treaty between Japan and the U.S. Soon made other countries come and trade, opening up Japan to the rest of the world. -
Germ and Disease Theory
Louis Pasture accidentally proved that germs and disease were link by figuring out that the sugar beet soured through germs in the air. This was big for the future development. -
The Great Stink
A heat wave in July and August where the main river was ENTIRELY polluted. All human waste was redirected and dumped in the river. Illnesses and diseases in the water formed and spread. -
Prince Albert dies
In 1861, Prince Albert died. For 40 years after this, she had her servants lay out a fresh pair of his clothes everyday. She only wore black for the rest of her life. -
The Meiji Revolt
Takes previous leader out of power and restores feudalism. China starts to act more independently. -
The Invention of the Periodic Table of Elements
Dmihri Mende invented the periodic table of elements by organizing elements based of their atomic makeup in rows and labeled them each a number and abbreviation. -
Invention of the Light Bulb
Thomas Edison, along with a plethora of other amazing inventors, invented some turn of the century things. One of those things was the light bulb. But using electricity, glass, and wire, you can harness and release light. -
Nicholas ll becomes Czar of Russia
Nicholas become Czar in 1884 and he will be the last one to do so. He believes God put him in power, and his wife believes this x2. They have 5 kids, the youngest is a boy named Alexi. -
The Boxer Rebellion
After the illegal opium importing, some of China’s Society of
Righteous and Harmonious Fists step in and they do lots of killing. They finally get what they want. -
Russo-Japanese War
Both Russia and Japan wanted Manchuria and Korea. They went to war and Japan demolished Russia off the coast of Korea during the Battle of Tsushima. -
Bloody Sunday
Peaceful demonstrators beholding a peace treaty get mercilessly fired on in Petersburg, Russia. 1000 people dead. -
The Treaty of Portsmouth
Teddy Rosevelt issues a treaty to settle the dispute and is awarded the Noble Peace Prize. Japan annexes Korea and their land increases. -
Rasputin Comes to the Romanov Family
A friend introduced the in-need family to Rasputin. He came to Alexeis’ bed-side table and somehow stoped his bleeding and crying. He is praised for this. -
Invention of the Ford “T” Model
Hebert Ford created a car that could be more accessible for an everyday person. By making them all the same style, color, and way, it greatly reduced labor and total cost is they went for about $295. Henry nicknamed his invention,”The Tin Lizzie.” -
The Spark
Franz Ferdinand travels to Sarajevo. The people try to bomb the security on a bridge but only injures a few people. Gaurillo Princip is ready to assassinate and Franz’s car pulls up right beside and Gaurillo shoots him and his wife. This is the start of ww1. -
America Joins the War
America finally gets pulled into the war, but now they have new technology and weapons of war. They aren’t unprepared this time now that they have a lot of new weapons of war. -
Bolshevik Plan
Bolsheviks sought to charge life by overthrow. Led be Vladimir Lenin. He gained popularity by problems occurring in Russia. -
Representation of the People act 1918
All women over 30 got the right to vote. All men gained sufferage. Right to obtain property were abolished -
Russia Exits the War through Brest-Litovsk
Russia decides to contact Germany and come up with an agreement so they could exit the war. (The treaty of Brest-Litovsk) It was just too much and they lost too many people. The Bolsheviks took over and killed so many people. -
End of WW1
Because of the Spanish Flu, the Central powers got too tired to continue fighting anymore. They called for an armistice. It killed too many of the soldiers and civilians. -
The Treaty of Versailles
The big four leaders attended, Woodrow Wilson (U.S.A.) David Loyd-George (GB) George Clemenceau (France) Vittorio Orlando (Italy). France wanted money, security, revenge. British wanted to punish Germans. America presented 14 points. But fellow Americans didn’t like it. It was to create peace. -
Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin Create Soviet Union
Lenin mostly lead, communism at first, then dictatorship. He set up checka (undercover police force) and killed people who thought differently. Lenin used war communism. (Food = Work Worth). -
Death of Vladimir Lenin
After Lenin died, Stalin claimed they were side by side and used this to come into power. He sent for Trotsky to be executed and he fled. Checka turns into NKVD, causes great terror. -
Reform act of 1928
Piggybacking off of the People’s act, this reform assured all women over 21 the right to vote.