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John Kay - Flying Shuttle
Enabled weavers to weave faster -
Spinning Jenny was Invented
The spinning jenny was made by James Hargreaves. The spinning jenny spins many threads from wool. -
Tennis Court Oath
The 3rd Estate were locked out of a meeting so they met inside of a indoor tennis court and wrote a constitution. -
Storming of the Bastille
Parisians storm the Bastille to seize weapons to defend themselves against the King -
March to Versailles
Women go to Versailles to surround the king and take him and his entourage of 60,000 people back to Paris. -
Price of bread rises
During the French Revolution there was widespread crop failures so the price of bread rose. -
Constitution establishes the Legislative Assembly.
This helped focus on political debates and law making in France. -
Louis XVI is Executed
Louis and his wife Marie Antoinette are beheaded which worries other rulers in Europe. -
Robespierre starts the Reign of Terror
He beheads 40,000 peasants. -
Napoleon beheaded Robespierre
Robespierre beheaded 40,000 people so when Napoleon came he beheaded him -
Napoleon’s coup d’etat
It overthrew the Directory and established the French
Consulate -
Coup D'etat
The coup d'etat was a military overthrow of the government that was led by Napoleon and the French army. -
Pan-Slavic Movement
wide spread movement of Slavic people into the Middle East, Central Asia, and Balkans. -
Napoleon crowned Emperor
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor in order to be more powerful than the church -
Peninsular War
France was in a war with Spain and its allies Portugal and Britain. Spanish nationalism grows and Napoleons brother Joseph takes the thrown. -
Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna restores peace for almost 50 years, which started a dictatorship. It restored the royal families and set up borders in Europe. -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was Napoleon's biggest failure. He went to Russia in the middle of which crushed his army. When he is defeated he is exiled to Elba. -
Crimean War
Between Russia & Ottoman Empire, Russia lost -
Japan opens for trade with America
Japan has been closed for trade and Americans want that to change. Matthew Perry opens Japan with out naval superiority. -
Serfs are Emanicipated
Because of reforms in Russia they begin to move away from feudalism and free the serfs. -
Meiji Restoration
The Meiji restorations abolished feudalism and the samauri class. It gave the emperor more power and gave the people less voting rights. -
Trans Siberian Railroad
The Trans Siberian Railroad was made to make trade easier for Russians and creates a spur on coal and iron production. -
1st Sino Japanese War
fought between Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan over control of Korea -
Russo-Japanese War
Japanese win this war with Russia that signals that they are the strongest asian country. -
2nd Sino Japanese War
military conflict between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan
