18th-20th century

By Geronimo777

  • The War of Spanish Succession

    The War of Spanish Succession
    The war was primarily a struggle to determine whether the vast possessions of the Spanish Empire should pass to the House of Bourbon or to the House of Habsburg, both of which had dynastic claims, or whether they should be partitioned to preserve the balance of power in Europe.

  • The american revolution

    The american revolution
    13 of Britain's North American colonies rejected its imperial rule. The protest began in opposition to taxes levied without colonial representation by the British monarchy and Parliament.

  • The french revolution

    The french revolution
    During this period, French citizens radically altered their political landscape, uprooting centuries-old institutions such as the monarchy and the feudal system.

  • The napoleonic wars

    The napoleonic wars
    Series of wars that ranged France against shifting alliances of European powers.

  • The US expands with the Louisiana Purchase

    The US expands with the Louisiana Purchase
    Emboldened by independence, the growing and prosperous nation of the United States expanded their land considerably with what is known today as the Louisiana Purchase.

  • The Opium Wars and fall of the Qing Dynasty

    The Opium Wars and fall of the Qing Dynasty
    Hong Kong became a British colony through two wars: the First and Second Opium War. It is called the Opium War Because of one of its major causes: the British were smuggling opium from their Indian colonies into Chinese ports against the wishes of the Chinese government.

  • WW2

    WW2
    involved all the world's major countries. It was the most destructive war in history and millions of people were killed. It was fought between the Axis (Germany, Japan, and Italy) and the Allies (Britain, the US, and the Soviet Union among others).

  • Atomic Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Atomic Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people, and their effects are still being felt today. By the end of 1945, the bombing had killed an estimated 140,000 people in Hiroshima, and a further 74,000 in Nagasaki.

  • The founding of amazon

    The founding of amazon
    Originally, Bezos had incorporated the company as Cadabra but later changed the name to Amazon. Bezos is said to have browsed a dictionary for a word beginning with A for the value of alphabetic placement.