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Scientific process
Philosophers devolved the scientific process which allowed them to figure things out for themselves and to answer there questions -
The restoration
The restoration was when the king was restored after the common wealth period -
Discover gravity
Sir Isaac newton discovers gravity and how it affects everything -
The spirit of the law
This was a book written by montisque who was a very famous philosopher. He wrote this book about a balanced government -
Candide
This was a book written by the philosopher volitare who believes in separation of church and state and freedom of religion and expression -
The social contract
This was a book written by Jean Jacques Rousseau about his believes in people’s rights and having a democracy -
Invention of Spinning Jenny
This was a new machine that was invented to help increase production in textile factories. The spinning Jenny was invented by James Hargreaves and supposedly it was name day after his daughter. -
Olaudah Equiano wrote his autobiography
This even is important because when he wrote this book it was the very first book published from a African author in Britain also it called attention to what slavery was like. -
The storming of Bastille
An angry mob stormed the bastille in an attempt to get gunpowder to fight the French government. It was also the first major event in the French revelution -
Tennis court oath
The third estate was kicked out of the National Assembly because they wanted to vote by population so the third estate met in a tennis court and took a vow to meet until they had drawn up a constitution. -
The bread March
The prices of bread were very high so many women started a protest that resulted in them storming the palace of Versailles and taking the king back to Paris -
The reign of terror
A ten month period were anyone suspected of being against the revolution or disloyal in anyway was executed. -
Execution of Louis XIV
The revolution has taken control of France and executed the post kind of France. -
Invention of the cotton gin
This was a device that was invented to make the task of getting the seeds out of Cotten much more easy and efficient. It was invented by Eli Whitney. -
Invention of interchangeable parts
This was a useful invention because with interchangeable parts everything is made exactly the same for products so instead of heaving to go buy a knee product every time a piece broke you could just replace the piece. These were invented by Eli Whitney -
Invention of train
The train is a device that could transport more people much faster than ever before by buggy or horse. It was powered using a steam engine and traveled on track that was placed on the ground. It was invented by Richard Trevithick -
The continental system
Napolian created this system in an attempt to cut off all trading with Britain eventually letting him take the over. This system didn’t allow the British to use any European ports and if they were found trying they were to be captured. -
Invasion of Portugal
Napoleon tried to invade Portugal for not complying with the continental system but since Spain wouldn’t let him get through to Portugal he ended up fighting them too. This is considered napoleons second big mistake. -
Napoleon invades Russia
Napolian invades Russia for not complying with the continental system and he lost lots of men due to the cold winters and little resources. This was considered napoleons third big mistake. -
Congress of Vienna
The congress of Vienna was a Congress put together to make things go back to how they were before the French Revolution. Some of the major changes were they restored the monarch and put France back to its original borders. -
Concert of Europe
It was a series of alliance in Europe. It assured that if revelations broke out the countries would help each other to stop them. -
stethcescope
this was a device invented to help doctors. It allowed the doctor to hear the patients lung and hearts much better than before it was invented. this was a very useful invention and is still used today. -
Abolition of slavery
All slavery came to an end in England. it was not only illegal to sell and buy slaves but now it was illegal to own them at all. -
opium wars
this was a war fought between the British empire and the Chinese. It was over the opium trade. This trade was a problem because lots of china was becoming addicted to opium and it was not good for their economy but it was helping the British. -
treaty of Nanjing
This was a treaty between china and the British empire. This treaty was signed to declare peace after the opium wars. It opened china up to the rest of the world for trade. -
Morse code
this was a type of communication that was invented during this time. This was created to make it easier to communicate over long distances or secretly. This invention was used as the form of communication for the telegram and it included a series of dots and dashes. -
Irish potato famine
This was a famine of potatoes in Ireland. there was a disease that was spread thought the potatoes causing them to become inedible. Since the potato was Ireland staple crop it caused over one million people to die and many people left Ireland to get away from the famine. -
Britains great exhibition
This was an exhibition in England to show off all the new inventions that had been created in both Europe and America. It was held in the crystal palace which was mostly made of glass and at the time the largest enclosed space in the world. -
The Great Exhibition
This was an international exhibition. It was held in London in the crystal palace. It was an even that was meant to show off all the new inventions and improvements brought on by the industrial revolution. -
treaty of kanagawa
This was a treaty between America and japan. It was a treaty that had the Japanese open up to trade with america which to this point they had been almost completely isolated from the west. this was a major turning point because it showed that the Japanese were open to trade with the rest of the world. -
The Pullman Sleeper Car
This is a type of train car. It was invented to make overnight travel on a train more comfortable. This idea is still used today and was a big jump up in comfort from the previous train cars. -
Berlin conference
This was a conference created to decide how Africa would be divided up. prior to this lots of the world had imperialised parts of Africa so the had to figure out who got what. However even though this directly affected Africa the African leaders were not able to participate. -
Indian National conference
This was a society created to increase nationalism in India. This group was created because some people wanted to rebel against the British control. This group grew large after a while. -
coca cola
this was originally invented to be a medicine. It was to help you with flu like symptoms and it originally contained cocaine. It later however turned into a soft drink that is just drunk for enjoyment. -
Russo-Japanese war
This was a war between the Russians and the Japanese. The Japanese had just been imperialism by the British when this happend. The Japanese won with ease to the surprise of the rest of the world. -
Rasputin helps Alexi, the Czars son
Rasputin was a self proclaimed holy man who helped Alexi stop bleeding. Alexi was a hemophiliac that Rasputin could somehow help him stop bleeding during his episodes. Because of this he was allowed to stay with the royal family. -
Assasination of archduke Franz Ferdinand
This’d was the short term event that started the war. He was the heir to the Austrian Hungarian throne. He was assassinated in Sarajevo. -
First battle of the Marne
This was a battle that resulted in an allied win against the Germans. It happened in France. The casualties between both sides were over 450,000 men. -
The Christmas truce
This was an unofficial truce between the two sides at Christmas. Someone supposedly got out of the trenches un armed and instead of shooting him the other side joined him. They even helped each other bury the dead. -
Nicholas ll goes to front lines in WWl
Nicholas ll wanted to go to the front lines to lead his country. This was not a popular discussion because he didn't not have many military skills or knowledge at all. Even with his limited knowledge he did survive but the Russians did not makes much progress in the war as a whole. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
This was a passenger ship. It was sunk by the Germans and this helped bring America into the war. This occoured near the Germans blockade -
Zimmerman note
The Americans intercepted this Zimmerman note. It was originally being sent to Mexico from the Germans saying that they would help mexico get some of their land back from the Americans. This was a large reason the Americans joined the war. -
February revolution of 1917
This was the first part of the 1917 revolution. Nicholas ll was the leader at the time known as the Czar. He was overthrown and a provisional government was put in place. -
Nicholas ll is overthrown
Nicholas the second was overthrown by the first wave of the revolution of 1917. the revolutionists physically stormed his home and took him. They kept him in captivity until they eventually killed him and his family. -
October Russian revolution
This was the second part of the revolution of 1917. the provisional government that had been set up after the February revolution was not very popular. So the Bolsheviks took over and made their own communist government. -
Lennin forms the Cheka
The Cheka were the secret police. Their job was to watch for people who said anything bad about communism or the government. They also enforced laws and carried out the wishes of the leader. -
Trotsky vs. Stalin
Trotsky and Stalin competed against each other to take Lenins place after he died. Trotsky was popular because he was a general but Stalin was also popular. Stalin won in the end and banished Trotsky. -
Stalin banishes Trotsky.
After Stalin took the place of Lenin he banished Trotsky. He was originally banished still inside Russia. However he was later banished in Turkey completely out of the country. -
Bloody Sunday
This was an event during Stalin's rule when workers came to present a petition to him. They were doing this peacefully. However the guards shot at them killing several and injuring others.
