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7 years war
_it lasted 7 years.
_First global conflict -
Revolution in Hati
_500,000 Santo Dominque slaves revolted against French masters.
_Won Independence despite the fact Napolean sent troops to help. -
Brazil's Independence
_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
_Won independence for Columbia, Ecuador, and Panama.
_They were a Spanish Army. -
Battle of Navarino
_Were Greeks, French, British, and Russians.
_Won over Ottomans (Naval Battle) -
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.
_However, the war was highly controversial in the U.S., with the Whig Party and anti-slavery elements strongly opposed. -
Crimean War
_was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia.
_The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining Ottoman Empire. -
Start and End of Civil War.
_The Republican party had run on an anti-slavery platform, and many southerners felt that there was no longer a place for them in the Union.
_ Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States -
End of Italian Unification
_when most of the states of the Italian Peninsula and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies were united under king Victor Emmanuel II of the House of Savoy, hitherto king of Sardinia, a realm that included Piedmont.
_The architect of Italian unification was Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, the Chief Minister of Victor Emmanuel. -
Canada's Independence
_Canada Day is celebrated on 1st July, the official independence day of Canada.
_The day commemorates the founding of the Canadian federal government by the British North America Act of 1 July, 1867 -
Fransco-Prussian War
_Major Victory
_Most powrful nations were Germany & Britian. -
Franco-Prussian War
_Was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia.
_It also marked the downfall of Napoleon III and the end of the Second French Empire, which was replaced by the French Third Republic -
Drefus Affair in France
_Third republic emerged as lasting goverment.
_They were found guilty, but evidence later provided he was framed by the army. -
Mexico's Independence
_Army was 80,000 .
_Became independent in 1821 -
Austria's Independence
_Austria used to be the Kingdom of Austria and Hungary before WWI.
_After WWI Austria was an independant state, then was adopted to Germany in 1933 and is independant since the end of WWII which was in 1945. -
Northern Ireland Becomes Independent
_the larger part of Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom (UK) to become the independent Irish Free State
_The six north eastern counties, known as Northern Ireland, remained within the United Kingdom.
