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Steam Engine
A man named Thomas Newcomen who was a blacksmith invented the very first steam engine. This design willlater be midified and used for many things. -
French Revolution
The French Revolution began when the french people stormed the Bastille in search for prisoners and gun powder. The people then tore it apart brick by brick starting the revolution -
Haitian Revolution
The Revolution was an organized slave rebellion that broke out, marking the start of a twelve-year resistance to obtain human rights. The Haitian Revolution is the only successful slave revolt in history. -
Independence of Mexico
Mexico fought in a war with spain and almost failed but pulled through at the end under the lead of Miguel Hidalgo -
Congress of vienna
The Congress of Vienna was an international conference that was called in order to remake Europe after the downfall of Napoleon -
Opium War
Lin Tse-hsü was summoned to the Imperial Palace in Peking, where the Emperor personally assigned him to stamp out opium addiction in China. Also starting the war. -
Communist manifesto
The Communist Manifesto is a declaration of the intentions of a communist organization. -
Matt Perry goes to Japan
He went to Japan and negotiated for months with the Japanese to convince them to start and trade again. -
Sepoy Mutiny
The sepoys, who were Indians trained by the British as soldiers, heard rumors that the cartridges for their new Enfield rifles were greased with lard and beef fat. Since the cow is sacred to Hindus, and the pig is to Muslims, all the sepoys were outraged, and they attacked -
unification of Germany
Two German states existed, Austria and Germany.The states of Germany were taken over by Prussia, and were now united under the German Empire. -
Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference was a European impose to divide the territory of Africa, and assign control of African lands to another. -
Zulu Uprising
Britain annexed the Zulu territory north of the Thukela river, establishing magistracies for its administration. -
Russo-Japanese War
The war started because of the rivalry between Russia and Japan for possession of Korea and Manchuria. -
Dr. Sun Yat-sen takes over China
