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Boston Massacre
boston massacrethe boston massacre occured on the 7th of march in 1770. when a squad of British soldiers, come to support a sentry who was being pressuredd by a heckling, snowballing crowd, let loose a volley of shots. Three persons were killed immediately and two died later of their wounds. this would then spark the American revolution -
the discovery of Australia
In 1770, Englishman Lieutenant James Cook charted the Australian east coast in his ship HM Barque Endeavour . Cook claimed the east coast under instruction from King George III of England on 22 August 1770 at Possession Island, naming eastern Australia 'New South Wales'. -
The Industrial Revolution
the industrial revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transport, and technology had a profound effect on the ever changing world. The industrial revolution started in the UK then subsequently spreading throughout Europe, North America, and eventually the world. -
war of 1812
the war of 1812 in the war of 1812, the united states took on the biggest navel power in teh world, great britain. resulting in a conflict that would change the young country's future. Causes of the war included British attempts to restrict U.S. trade, the Royal Navy’s impressment of American seamen and America’s desire to expand its territory. -
Child labour laws
Forms of child labor, including indentured servitude and child slavery, have existed throughout American history. As industrialization moved workers from farms and home workshops into urban areas and factory work, children were often preferred, because factory owners viewed them as more manageable, cheaper, and less likely to strike. Massachusetts requires children under 15 working in factories to attend school at least 3 months/year -
The start of American civil war starts
in the spring of 1861, after years of simmering tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including states’ rights versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery all adding to the start of the civil war. -
The American civil war ends
civil war one wordcivil warAfter 4 years, 3 weeks and 3 days the American civil war ended by declaration. The war claimed 620,000 lives form the 2.4 million that took part in the war. Though the war eneded, some conflict still remained and the last shot fired on june 22nd 1865. -
Rise of KKK
Founded in 1866 in the state of Tennessee, it brought together a small number of apologists for US slavery who took part in showy rituals bearing flaming torches, and wore white hoods and gowns often decorated with astrological signs. The following year, the Klan became a paramilitary force under former Southern officers such as General Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first Grand Imperial Wizard of the so-called invisible empire. -
henry ford, launches the model T automobile
On May 26, 1927, Henry Ford watched the fifteen millionth Model T Ford roll off the assembly line at his factory in Highland Park, Michigan. Henry would build his cars engines in the shed at the back of his family home. The model T is the first car made by 'Ford" and would pioneer the path for the car industry. what he woundt have known was that ford would end up being one of the worlds biggest car companies. -
The Titanic sinks
the rms titanic collided with a iceberg. the titanic was dubed 'the un sinkable ship" the titanic hit the iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean during its madien voyage from Southampton, UK to New York city. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In an event that is widely acknowledged to have sparked the outbreak of World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, is shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on this day in 1914. he was killed over political rights. -
the start of world war I
causes of world war 1The world’s first global conflict, the “Great War” pitted the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against the Allied forces of Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan. The introduction of modern technology to warfare resulted in unprecedented carnage and destruction, with more than 9 million soldiers killed by the end of the war in November 1918.
