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Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution sparked a new wave of Westernization to the modern world. Economies were heavily dependent on machines and the production system to thrive. Not only production, but mankind's entire way of living was affected by the invention of machinery. For example, machines made possible the growth of democracy, the strengthening of nationalism, the increase of world population. Many new technologies were also created during this time, many of which we still use today. -
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American Revolution
American Revolution VideoLed to Independence of the U.S. and to the decline of Britain as a large world power. The American Revolution inspired many other revolutions globally, including the French Revolution, and the revolutions in Latin America. The American Revolution was the base for the world power the United States would eventually become, and for the influence it currently holds in the world. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776, announced that the thirteen American colonies now regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states. The colonies were, up until then, under the rule of the Great British Empire, and were not treated well. The Declaration of Independence was used as motivation around the world for reasons for other revolutions, and its philosophies still have an impact on our world today. -
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French Revolution
Crash Course- French Revolution The french Revolution inspired revolutions in Haiti and Latin
America, and inspired the lower classes to strive for equal rights. European borders were redrawn, and was a historical moment for lower classes globally. Feudalism was destroyed, and the French Revolution still impacts the modern European
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Haitian Slave Revolt
Haitian Slave RevoltThe Haitian Slave revolt was the first successful slave revolt in the western hemisphere. Through the leadership of Toussaint L'Overture, the slaves of the once French colony, Saint Dominique, established the new slave-nation of Haiti. -
Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September 1814 to June 1815. The objective of the Congress was to provide a long-term peace for Europe by settling critical issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. The goal was not simply to restore old boundaries, but to resize the main powers so they could balance each other off and remain at peace. -
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United States Civil War
Civil War VideoThis war abolished slavery in the United States, and the nation was reunited into one. The U.S. federal government showed their dominance over the whole country, and industrialism increased in U.S. which led to them becoming stronger military wise, and a stronger global power who now has a huge position in the world, which wouldn't have been possible without the Civil War. -
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Unification of Germany
With unification,Germany became a more economically powerful country, and their navy grew in power, and they grew to have the worlds strongest army, a huge railroad network that allowed trade and they had growing industry. Germany expanded their colonies, and continued to have a larger and larger impact on the world. Without the unification of Germany, WWI would have never happened, and thus WWII also would have been avoided. Insurence was also introduced from the unification. -
Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power. Called for by Portugal and organized by Otto von Bismarck, first Chancellor of Germany, its outcome, the General Act of the Berlin Conference, can be seen as the formalization of the Scramble for Africa.Colonial activity by Europe overrode most existing forms of African autonomy and self-governance. -
Spanish American War
S/A War VideoAs a result of this war, Spanish colonial rule ended in the Americas, and the United States of America aquired territories in the western pacific and Latin America. It had the Treaty of Paris, which gave Guam, Puerto Rico, and sovreignty of the Phillipines to the U.S. Overall this war led to nationalism and economic growth in Spain since they were no longer overseas, and led to the U.S becoming a dominant world power.
