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Industrial Revolution
its the first event on here. the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation. the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. -
successful steam engine is built
the first sucsesful steam engin was in britan. a steam engine is able to harness the energy of steam to move machinery. Steam engines were used to great effect to run locomotives and steamships. -
michael faradays dynamo
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mexico declares its independents
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Taiping rebellion
its a huge cilvil war in china.Taiping combatants were nicknamed Longhairs. the rebellion lost -
sepoy muntiny in india
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karl marxs "Das Kapital"
its a theory that keeps the goventment out of busness of the people. Dealing with economic, social, and political relations within society and containing the tenets on which modern communism is based. -
the meiji restoration
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franco prussian war
A war against France was necessary to unite the North German Confederation and the independent southern German states. German states led by Prussia defeated France. -
spanish american war starts
Demands by Cuban patriots for independence from Spanish rule made U.S. intervention in Cuba. A paramount issue in the relations between the United States and Spain from the 1870s to 1898. -
boxer rebellion
A violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian movement which took place in China.The Great Powers intervened and defeated Chinese forces, in a humiliation for China. -
russo japanese war
It was the first great war of the 20th century. It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea. -
franz ferdinard is killed
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U.S. joins W.W. 1
The sinking of the Lusitania, an British cruise/transport ship, bound for Britain from New York. The German U-boat ring sought to sink all supply ships headed for Britain in order to starve the island. -
lenins bolshevik revolution in russia
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treaty of versailles is singed
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Mussolini’s Fascist Party in Italy
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russia becomes the ussr
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Stalin’s rule in the USSR begins
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Black Tuesday Stock Market crash
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Japans attack on Pearl Harbor
a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions the Empire of Japan was planning in Southeast Asia against overseas territories of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the United States. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Germany attacks Poland – WWII begins
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U.S. declares war on Japan
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D Day
the day (June 6, 1944) in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
U.S. drops A-Bomb on Hiroshima
Aircraft flying from Allied aircraft carriers and the Ryukyu Islands also frequently struck targets in Japan during 1945 in preparation for the planned invasion of Japan. During early August , the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were obliterated by atomic bombs. -
Nuremberg trials are held
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Nuremberg trials are held
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Apartheid in South Africa
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Mao Zedong’s People’s Republic of China
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Korean War is fought
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Vietnam War is fought
the Vietnam war started as a result of U.S strategy of containment during the Cold War, which aimed to prevent the spread of communism throughout the world. -
Fidel Castro’s Communism in Cuba
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Mikhail Gorbachev power in USSR
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Persian Gulf War begins
Hussein defied United Nations Security Council demands to withdraw from Kuwait. a massive U.S.-led air offensive known as Operation Desert Storm. -
USSR collapses & Russia is back
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NAFTA is formed
The North American Free Trade Agreement. an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral rules-based trade bloc in North America. -
WTO is formed
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments.