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Oct 6, 1492
New world
The new world was discovered in 1942 when Christopher Columbus found America. North America and Australia were seen as the first shifts from the old world; after they moved, they soon created their own unique history, language, culture, and identity. Eventually, they would become self-governing and independent nations. The old world consisted of Asia, Europe, and Africa. -
Oct 7, 1492
New World
Christopher Columbia led his three ships to sail Asia; as that was where gold and pearls were. The trip had taken longer than he had thought and he kept it quite as he didn't want an anxious crew. He promised his crew that if they didn't find land in the next couple days they would turn back, the next day they did; he discovered North America. -
Oct 8, 1492
New World
After the new land was found, Europeans started to settle in the East coast of North America. Along the coast Indian tribes, who grew crops and hunted. The Indians had a very good trading system, and traded over wide areas. The problem with the Europeans settling in North America was, the Europeans liked to own land and the Indians believed that land cannot be owned. The Europeans also brought over diseases such as Smallpox, and killed many Indian tribes. This caused wars, murders and battles. -
The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment started in the seventeenth century and carried on till the eighteenth century. The Enlightenment is a period of time where tradition and religion were challenged. They were enlightening people to use rational thinking rather than faith and superstition. The Enlightenment happened because humanists, writers and thinkers thought that every human had the right to think logically and for themselves, and to create the best world possible. -
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The Enlightenment
The effects of the Enlightenment are the new beliefs, ideas and rules that were created during that period of time, and that still carry on today. The Enlightenment influenced revolutions such as the American and French Revolution, and made people see reason by using logic. People began to question religion as scientific theories were noticed and caused people to overthrow governments and start a democracy. They were trying to show people that human thinking is stronger than religion. -
The First Fleet
The Fleet came to Australia in Port Jackson on the 26 of January 1788. Eleven ships arrived with 1332 people and 736 were convicts. It took about 8-9 to nine months for the ships to arrive at Australia. Over the 8-9 months 23 convicts died. 60 percent of the convicts on the First Fleet were sentenced or stealing small things such as food. The youngest convict on the First Fleet was a nine year old orphan, John Hudson who had been sentenced for theft. -
Convicts
Convicts are people that have been found guilty of a crime and have been sentenced to prison. Convicts came to Australia on the First Fleet in 1788. The reason convicts moved to Australia is because there was no room to keep prisoners. Eventually, prisoners were put in boats along rivers. The reason there were so many prisoners is because, there wasn’t much work for people, so therefore people started to steal. -
Convicts
Steal items such as; bread, cheese, clothing etc. Convicts were either sentenced transportation to Australia or stayed in their prison. The effects of convicts being transported to Australia were that England’s population was reduced. -
Indigenous People
Indigenous people were effect majorly in 1788, when the First Fleet arrived. The Aboriginals at first, were willing to help the English, but after a while, the English started to put up fences, houses, and taking land; wanting to own land. The Aboriginals believed that land could not be owned. The Aboriginal started to fight back, but their spears were useless compared to the English men and their guns. -
Indigenous people
Aboriginals were sometimes put as slaves for the English and a lot of aboriginals died from diseases; diseases the English brought over. The Aboriginals were forced to move and live on the out skirts of towns and live out in the outback. Today, you will find aboriginals living in the out skirts of towns, and in the outback, for example; Alice Springs, Western Australia and Northern Territory. -
The First Fleet
The first fleet happened because, as Australia was found; new land, they needed people to settle there. So they had free settlers; people who volunteered to stay there, soldiers, and convicts. Majority of the convicts were sentenced transportation to Australia for hard labour. They started to sentence convicts in England to Australia as England ran out of space to hold the convicts. -
The First Fleet
The positive effect of the First Fleet is that the English had another colony they could live on. The negative effect about the first fleet is that the Aborigines who lived there first, had their land stolen. -
Free Settlers
Free settlers were people who moved to Australia in 1788, the First Fleet. They moved to Australia looking for a better life, as England became overcrowded and there wasn’t much work. Free settlers are known as Voluntary Migration. If people came to Australia with a family, they were given more land than people who came alone, or with a partner. -
Free Settlers
Free settlers were given land to build a house, and start a farm where they would then work sheep, cattle and grow crops. Free settlers hired convicts to do the farming for them, that’s how convicts became slaves. Effects of free settlers today is, people have ancestors who were free settlers, so this family would own land and be quite wealthy. -
The battle of Pinjarra
On the 25th of October 1834, the government set off with a patrol of 25 soldiers to Pinjarra. They came across a camp of seventy Aboriginal people who were armed with spears. The soldiers were ordered to split into two groups and surround the camp. As a result of this battle, two Europeans were wounded and between 14-30 Bindjareb people were killed. Many Bindjareb people were forced to work for the settlers in order to survive. -
Battle of Pinjarra
After the establishment of the Swan River colony in Western Australia in 1829, settlers started searching for more land and the search took them south to the Murray River and a small group of settlers established Pinjarra. As the Europeans settled, the Bindjareb people didn't like this and reacted by stealing flour and occasionally attacking settlers. Because of this, the free settlers asked the government of the colony at the Swan River for military protection, and eventually got it. -
Making a nation
Australia's states were once colonies of Britain and then Australia became a federal nation. During the 1900's the wish for federation became an important subject as federation would make all the people living in Australia become one nation, and would be seen as a symbol of unity. Eventually, votes were held in each colony to decide whether Australia could be its own nation; majority said 'yes'. -
Making a nation
From that day, Australia's nationhood was raised in a successful approach. On the 1st of January 1901, the six colonies: Victoria, South Australia, New south Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia became the new states of Australian federation. This date marked the independent nationhood for the Commonwealth of Australia. -
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
On the 28th of June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife, Sophie duchess of Hohenberg were visiting Sarajevo to inspect the manoeuvres of the army. As the motorcade passed through the streets, Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Serbian group called the Black Hand, shot and killed the duke and his wife. The assassination created a snowball effect, by bringing in other countries to help alliances. This began WWI. -
Great Britain declared war on Germany
On the 4 of august 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany. On this day Germany invaded Belgium. Originally, Belgium was a neutral country and the world thought of Germany as walking over the rights of a small country. In the war, Germany was seen as dishonest to other countries. Great Britain became involved by being allies with Belgium; Britain had given Belgium independence in the Treaty of London. Great Britain then declared war on Germany. -
Gallipoli campaign
On the 25th of April 1915 the Gallipoli battle was faught. Anzac soldiers went to attack the capital Istanbull. As the Anzac landed in the Anzac cove, the Ottomans opened fire, and attacked the Anzacs. The anzacs were slaughted. The anzacs came in on ships then were moved to steem boats, and then moved onto row boats.
