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Industrial Revolution
The industrial Revolution was the transition from handicrafts and people working with their bare hands, to a large-scale industry, mechanized manufacturing, and the factory system. New machines, new power sources, and new ways of organizing work made existing industries more productive and efficient -
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French Revolution
The upheaval was caused by widespread discontent with the French monarchy and the poor economic policies of King Louis XVI. The Revolution led to the establishment of a democratic government for the first time in Europe -
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Napoleonic wars
They were a series of battles fought between France under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte and a number of European nations between 1799 and 1815. engaged nearly all European nations in a struggle that also spilled over into Egypt, America and South America. During the Wars.
he decide to invade Russia in 1812, he defeated the Russians at the battle of Borodino and took Moscow he was forced to retreat due to weather, costing him most of his army and marking the beginning of the end -
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Mexican independence
Mexico wanted independence because they thought Spain was being acting as a corrupt leader and were stealing resources from them.On September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest, launched the Mexican War of Independence. After some initial successes, Hidalgo was defeated, captured, and executed.The momentum of independence saw the collapse of royal government in Mexico and the Treaty of Córdoba ended the conflict -
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American Civil War
The American Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865 when a total of eleven states seceded to form the Confederate States of America. They were spurred to leave by the election of President Abraham Lincoln. For the Northern states, often referred to as ‘the Union’, this was a war fought primarily to restore unity to the nation and to secure the new Western Territories from slave–owners