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the enlightenment
The cause of the enlightenment was because every day people stopped believing in the church and started believing in new beliefs.Its focus was on rational thinking.The effect of the enlightenment was that the king and queen were over thrown and as a resut they had less power.It was also when people saw the development of more defind experiments and we started to build more schools. if you wish to find more information about the enlightenment go to http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/enlightenment/ -
isaac newton
Isac Newton was the man who changed how people see the world and what they believe in. Isaac Newton descovered the theory of gravity. the discovery of every action has an equal but opposite reaction helped people in believing other people and not just what the cherches told them which wasnt always entirely true and that people could do things for themselves. isaac Newton past away in 1727 -
first fleet
The First Fleet of ships to carry convicts from England to Botany Bay sailed from Portsmouth, England, on 13 May 1787. It arrived at Botany Bay on 18 January 1788. When that place proved unsuitable for a settlement the fleet made its way a short distance up the coast and on 25 January 1788 entered what is now known as Sydney Harbour and anchored in Sydney Cove. -
second fleet
In 1790 the ships that comprised the second fleet of convicts sent to Australia arrived in Port Jackson. The majority of the convicts that hadn't died on the voyage (one ship alone had a death rate of 33%) were that ill that they were unable to walk. Those that weren't carried onto the beach were barely strong enough to crawl ashore. A small town of tents was set up at the landing place to act as a temporary hospital - the colony was barely two years old and on the verge of starvation and had ju -
bounty sceme
It was introduced by the goverment of NSW because of imbalance of gender four men to one lady the bounty scheme was designed to attract more married couples to australia and more younger women under the scheem setellers paid the convicts mony for there skills -
tasmania becomes a state
Tasmania "Anthony van Diemen's Land" after his sponsor, It was officially renamed Tasmania in honour of Abel Tasman on 1 January 1856. A common colloquial name for the state is "Tassie". -
The Gollipoli campain
On 25 of april 1914 the Anzacs landed in Galipoli at dawn. The turkish were ready to fight. waiting at the top of the cliffs above the shaw. as the anzacs got of the boats they were shot down by the turks they slowly gained ground and shot the turks they fought for about 9 months. -
archduke franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914) was born in Graz, Austria. As the heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire his assassination on 28 June 1914 sparked the First World War. Archduke was assasinated Briefly because, Serbia was considered as part of the Austrian Empire by the Austrians. Serb Nationalists like the Black Hand disliked their influence greatly. The Archduke decided against all advice to visit Sarajevo which got him assasinated. -
assaisination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife sophie duchess of Honhenberg where visiting sarajevo to inspect the army as the motorcade passed through the streets, gaviro princip a member of the serbian gang called the black hand shot and killed the duke and his wife. as a resut of his death world war one began -
NSW becomes a state
Writing in his diaries on a return trip from Australia, Captain Cook referred to this land upon which would be founded a British colony, as New South Wales. It has been logically speculated that he may have believe the landscape there looked like the South of Wales in the United Kingdom. -
a working man
A working man’s pride • By 1888 Melbourne had become the largest city in Australia. • Melbourne was the 2nd largest city in the British Empire only falling second to London. • Workers paid by piece rate could barely survive. • That led to more crime and poverty • Australia was considered a working man paradise • Men went to the bushes to go and get jobs to support their families A world leader in rights and freedom • The six Australian colonies were among one of the most advanced colonies. -
convicts
For some they didn’t have long left behind bars but they were all still forced to go on this 8 month voyage. By the end of the first fleet twenty three convicts had died, around sixty per cent had been prisoned earlier for stealing small items such as food to survive. The second fleet was a disaster compared to the first fleet with 258 convicts dying over the voyage, between 1788 and 1868 about 165 000 convicts were transported over to New South Wales.
