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1758-1918
historical events which occured betwenn 1758-1918 -
American Revolution
The 13 american colonies united as one to break off the english empire and become an independent country. This country is now called the United states of America. The decleration of independence was a large document announcing the independence of the country, the letter was written by Thomas Jefferson -
First Fleet
Captain James Cook discovered the east coast of New Holland in 1770 and named it New South Wales.Before 1788, Australia was populated by about 300,000 aborigines.Between 1788 and 1850 the English sent over 162,000 convicts to Australia in 806 ships. this settlement changed the shape of australia today -
Captain Cook dies
Captain cook was an explorer from England. He made several pacific explorations. And is credited as the first european to find Australia -
French Revolution
The French outbreak as a consequence of high taxes and dissastisfaction with the ruling aristocrats who increased taxes to support their extravagant lifestyles -
End of the industrial revolution
This was a period of time where many inventions were made including the steam machine. It was a period where daily life was influenced and changed a lot. -
Gold rush in Australia
Gold was discovered near ballarat in Victoria. With people sailing from all over the world for an attempt to find gold. This rush lead to a massive population boost for Victoria and the country itself. -
Eureka Stockade
Gold field miners were agitated by the unfair rules and regulations on the gold field that were opposed by the government so they built a stockade to protect themsleves from police. Many miners died and eventually the government changed the rules. Some see this as the birth of democracy in Australia -
American civil war ends
Between 1861-1865 the north and southern parts of the USA were fighting between eachother for the issue of slavery. The north ended up winning after the south surrended. This has impacted how the african americans have been treated. -
Federation of Australia
The six colonies of Australia, NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania form as one nation. this has affected Australia's tourism massively. -
Wright brothers create first man carried flight
Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wirght achieve the first man carried flight in USA.In 1904, the first flight lasting more than five minutes took place on November 9. The Flyer II was flown by Wilbur Wright. -
"The unsinkable boat" sinks
the night of 14 April 1912, on the route to New York the RMS Titanic struck the iceberg that would ultimately lead the ship sinking less than 3 hours later. Around 1500 people died which was about 2/3 of the passengers onboard -
World War 1 ends
Just under 1500 australians were killed during the war. Germany were defeated by the other countires including Australia
