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The 7 years War
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended in 1763. it was started by Major George Washington who was an officer in the British Army. He attacked and killed unarmed dipomatic french. after the attack his Native American scouts proceeded to scalp the dead French. when word of this reached france the French and Indian War had begun. -
Revolution in Haiti
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Mexico's independence
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Brazil's Indepence
The Brazilian Independence was a political event that occurred in 1821–1823, most of which involved disputes between Brazil and Portugal regarding the call for independence presented by the Brazilian Kingdom. It is celebrated on September 7. -
Battle of Ayacucho
Royalists still had control of most of the south of Peru as well as of Real Felipe Fort in the port of Callao. On December 9, 1824, the Battle of Ayacucho, or Battle of La Quinua, took place at Pampa de La Quinua, a few kilometers away from Ayacucho, near the town of Quinua between Royalist and Independentist forces -
Battle of Navarino
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Cimean War
In July 1853 Russia occupied territories in the Crimea that had previously been controlled by Turkey. Britain and France was concerned about Russian expansion and attempted to achieve a negotiation withdrawal. Turkey, unwilling to grant concessions declared war on Russia. -
Start of the Civil War
The three main causes of the Civil War where secession, Lincoln's election, and Slavery. Even though they used slaves in the north a little to work in the factories the majority of the north still thought that slavery was wrong. -
End of the Civil War
The Civil War ended on May 10, 1865 because that was the last meeting of the Confederate Cabniet. The Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant at noon on April 9, 1865, unoffically ending the Civl War. -
Austro-Prussian War
June 15–Aug. 23, 1866, between Prussia, allied with Italy, and Austria, seconded by Bavaria, Württemberg, Saxony, Hanover, Baden, and several smaller German states. I Read more: Austro-Prussian War — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0805396.html#ixzz1G1VtOsPZ -
Canada's Independence
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End of the Italian Unification
The movement to unite Italy into one cultural and political entity was known as the Risorgimento (literally, "resurgence"). Giuseppe Mazzini and his leading pupil, Giuseppe Garibaldi, failed in their attempt to create an Italy united by democracy. Garibaldi, supported by his legion of Red Shirts-- mostly young Italian democrats who used the 1848 revolutions as a opportunity for democratic uprising--failed in the face of the resurgence of conservative power in Europe. However, it was the aristocr -
Franco -Prussian War
Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and Bavaria. The complete Prussian and German victory brought about the final unification of Germany under King Wilhelm I of Prussia. -
Dreyfus Affair in France
The Dreyfus Affair broke out in France in 1894, when a Jewish officer in the French Army, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, was suddenly arrested and (wrongfully) accused of spying on behalf of Germany. He was quickly tried, condemned for high treason, and sent to a penitentiary on a far-flung island. After twelve years of debate and petitions, his supporters were able to reverse the decision, clear Dreyfus's record and rehabilitate him in the army in 1906, while the real spy, Esterhazy, was discovered. -
Australia's Independence
The federation of Australia was where britain sent their prisoners because their prisons in Britain were overflowing. They wrote a bill to Britain until they decided to give them there indepence. -
Norhtern Ireland becoms Independent
After the First World War, in 1919, the powers in Europe sat down to redraw the boundaries of Europe. Sinn Fein attended these meetings and attempted to have Ireland included in this redrawing. They argued that Ireland should be granted independence through the treaty. However the leaders in Europe largely ignored Sinn Fein and they returned home again empty- handed. -
Mexican American War
The Mexican–American War was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution.
