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. Industrial Revolution
The era known as the Industrial Revolution was a period in which fundamental changes occurred in agriculture, textile and metal manufacture, transportation, economic policies and the social structure in England. This period is appropriately labeled revolution, for it thoroughly destroyed the old manner of doing things; yet the term is simultaneously inappropriate, for it connotes abrupt change. The changes that occurred during this period (1760-1850), in fact, occurred gradually. The year 1760 -
1st successful steam engine is built
Thomas Savery had been working on solving the problem of pumping water out of coal mines, his machine consisted of a closed vessel filled with water into which steam under pressure was introduced. This forced the water upwards and out of the mine shaft. Then a cold water sprinkler was used to condense the steam. This created a vacuum which sucked more water out of the mine shaft through a bottom valve. -
Mexico declares its independence
Independence in Mexico was sparked by Father Miguel Hidalgo, a priest living and working in the small town of Dolores. He and a small group of conspirators started the rebellion by ringing the church bells on the morning of September 16, 1810. This act became known as the cry of Dolores. His ragtag army made it partway to the capital before being driven back, and Hidalgo himself was captured and executed in July of 1811. -
Michael Faraday’s dynamo
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Michael Faraday’s dynamo
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Sepoy Mutiny in India
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Karl Marx’s “Das Kapital
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The Meiji Restoration
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Franco-Prussian War
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War[7] (19 July 1870 – 10 May 1871) was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and Bavaria. -
Spanish-American War begins
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Boxer Rebellion
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Russo-Japanese War
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Franz Ferdinand is killed
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WW1 begins
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Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
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U.S. joins WWI
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Treaty of Versailles is signed
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.Mussolini’s Fascist Party in Italy
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Russia becomes the USSR
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Stalin’s rule in the USSR begins
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Black Tuesday Stock Market crash
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Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Germany attacks Poland
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WWII begins
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Japans attack on Pearl Harbor
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U.S. declares war on Japan
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D-Day
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U.S. drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima
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Nuremberg trials are held
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Apartheid in South Africa-
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Mao Zedong China
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Korean War is fought
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Fidel Castro’s Communism in Cuba
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Vietnam War is fought
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Mikhail Gorbachev power in USSR
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.USSR collapses & Russia is back
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.Persian Gulf War begins
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NAFTA is formed
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WTO is formed