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1492
Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange was an exchange between goods, ideas, and diseases. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPA5oNpfM4) -
1492
Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange was an exchange between good, ideas, and diseases. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPA5oNpfM4) -
The Reformation
The Reformation was a movement in the 16th century when groups and countries began breaking away from the Catholic Church.
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Rockets become permanent fixture
Rockets become a permanent fixture on the battlefield, having gone in and out of fashion over the centuries Indian Sultan Fateh Ali Tippu successfully deploys rocket artillery against the British, leading inventor Sir William Congreve to develop his own version, the Congreve rocket. (https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17423-timeline-weapons-technology/?) -
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French and Indian War
The French built forts in the Ohio River Valley and sent America the message that they were never going to give it up.
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The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 made it so that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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The Turtle
The first submarine used in battle, Turtle, is created by American David Bushnell. The technology remains crude and unsafe for many decades, though several subs are used in the American Civil War (1861 to 1865). (https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17423-timeline-weapons-technology/) -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
In 1793, Eli Whitney invents the simple machine that speeded up the processing of cotton called the Cotton Gin. (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eNgdQCpBoZBI8gQmUnXUfT1e-frMafHu5HdHDfd-YWU/edit#slide=id.p5) -
Shrapnel Shells
The British army begins using shrapnel shells (invented earlier by the Chinese), named for their inventor Henry Shrapnel. They contain a large number of bullets released at high velocities on detonation. They are eventually replaced by high-explosive shells during the first world war. -
The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a trail that the Native Americans had to take to Oklahoma after being kicked off their land by Andrew Jackson.
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Minié ball
The precursor to the Minié ball was created in 1848 by the French Army captains Montgomery and Henri-Gustave Delvigne. Their design was made to allow rapid muzzle loading of rifles, an innovation that brought about the widespread use of the rifle rather than the smoothbore musket as a mass battlefield weapon. -
Immigration to the United States
Between 1865 and 1900, about 14 million immigrants arrived in the United States. They cam from countries such as Italy, Russia Poland, Greece, Germany, Great Britain, China, and Sweden.
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Reconstruction
Abraham Lincoln started planning for the reconstruction of the South during the Civil War as Union soldiers occupied huge areas of the South. -
Tanks
During the first world war, the British army introduces the first tanks. -
The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project, the United States’ attempt to build the first nuclear bomb, begins under the direction of J. Robert Oppenheimer. -
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Yalta Conference
Three leaders agreed to demand Germany's unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world.
