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American Independance
Declaration of Independence is a document that the Americans wrote in 1776 saying that “they wanted to sever all ties to the English government and their rules”. They felt this way because the English were making them pay “English taxes”, even though they weren’t in the same country. The Americans wanted to be their own country, not one owned by the british. The war lasted for around 7 years, many people died. -
The French Revolution
The French started to have an economic crisis due to the fact that they helped the Americans win their war against the English in 1776, but after the war the rich French people forgot to supply food and coin to the public. The poorer French people started rioting against the rich because they were poor, hungry and wanted a better government because their tax money would be wasted on pointless items for the rich. The Revolution went on for over 10 years, many people died. -
The Old Gum Tree
The Old Gum Tree is a Historical site for the people of Adelaide. Under the Old Gum Tree in 1836 stood Governor Hindmarsh who, proclaimed South Australia as its own state. From 1813 to 1836, Adelaide was part of Sydney. But the people who lived in Adelaide, didn’t want that. They wanted to be their own state and have their own government and be their people. -
Victorian Gold Rush
In 1851, shortly after the gold rush in California in 1848 gold was found in Ballarat Victoria Australia. Soon after gold was found, hundreds of people came from all around the world, (England, America, China just to name a few) to seek some fortune in Australia. -
Assassination of Abraham Loncoln
On April 14th 1865, one of the most distinguished and honoured American Presidents was murdered at a theatre. The assassination had brought on one of the biggest national mourning events and one of the biggest manhunts in American history, in the death of one American President, Abraham Lincoln. He was assassinated almost a week later after the American Civil War, abolishing slavery. -
Invention of the telephone (Alexander Graham Bell)
Alexander Graham Bell was the first person to find out that voices can travel across wire, this would lead to the invention of the telephone. After years of perfecting the electrical current which allowed speech to travel, Mr Graham Bell made the first call on March 10 of 1876. “Mr Watson, I want you to come here!” was the first call he made. -
Womens rights (Adelaide)
Before 1895, women had no rights and weren’t able to be “free” like we are today. Back then, all women were to sew, cook, gossip, and read while the men were able to go to school, play sport and vote. The women's Suffrage helped change that and Adelaide, was the first state in Australia to allow women to vote. -
Boer War
The Second Boer War was fought between the British Empire and the Boer states, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, over the Empire's influence in South Africa. They wanted the British to leave them and let them be their own country, it was a war of independence. The war went on for 3 years, thousands died. -
Invention of the aroplane
The Wright brothers (Orville and Wilbur) were interested in the works of German pilot Otto Lilienthal. He had been trying to figure out how to get a glider to fly but unfortunately died while his work was unfinished. This inspired the Wright brothers to do the same, they always noticed that birds angle their wings when in flight. Eventually, they made their plane which they would test on December 17 1913. They flew for 59 seconds at 582 feet (177 meters) above the ground. -
Titanic sinks
On April 14th 1912, the “unsinkable boat” the Titanic sunk after being hit by an iceberg near Iceland. The impressive ship was built with many design flaws which at the time didn’t think would be a problem, one flaw is that the Titanic had only 16 lifeboats for over 2,000 people. This meant that out of the people on board only a third of them would survive, leaving the rest to perish.