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Steam Engine
James Watt designed a more efficient steam engine in 1765. Watt realised that he could greatly increase the efficiency of the early steam engine invented by Thomas Savery and Thomas Newcomen in 1698. The steam engines were needed for more efficient pumping systems to keep water from flooding lower levels of the households that were consuming 20-30 million tonnes of coal a year. -
American Declaration of Independence
In 1776, America's colonies were announced an independent from Great Britain. The committee that drafted the American Declaration of Independence were Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston and John Adams. -
The First Fleet
the First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay and begun British settlement in Australia. The eleven ships sailed from England on the thirteenth of May 1787 til the eighteenth of January 1788. the area was declared unsuitable for settlement so the fleet sailed to Sydney cove and landed on the twenty-sixth of January 1788.The fleet's commander, Captain Arthur Phillip, became the first governor of the Australian colony, New South Wales. -
French Revolution
In 1789, there was an outbreak of the French Revolution asa consequence of high bread prices and dissatisfaction with the ruling aristocrats who levied high taxes to support extravagant lifestyles. the French Revolution was a seven year war. A meeting of the Estates General in May 1798 brough together the three estates of the realm: the nobility, the clergy and the people. The third estate 'the people' formed a National Assembly which changed the traditional authority. -
Invention of a battery
Alessandro Vola invented a battery to store electrical current in 1800. the unit of electricity 'volt' was named after him. -
Machine wreckers
Textile workers smash machinery in factories and mills in the midlands and the north of England. Machine - wrechers (Luddities) attacked machinery in a textile factory because they thought it would take their jobs away. -
Passenger Railway
George stephenson built the first passenger railway between Liverpool and Manchester. George stephenson had the idea to make an engine that could use its power to move itself on the rails. The first 'locomotive engine' was built in 1814. in 1830, a track linked the Manchester cotton industry to the port of Liverpool for export. British iron production doubled between 1830 - 1840. The railway was a big breakthrough for the Industrial Revolution. -
Voting Rights
Publication of the people's Charter in Britain demanded political reform. Including the right for every man from the age of 21 to vote. -
The Australian Gold Rush
Edward Hargraves discovered gold near Bathurst, New South Wales, triggered several gold rushes around Australia. -
Convict Transportation Ceased
Convict transportation to Australian ceased with the last shipment of convicts disembarking in Western Australia. -
Federation of Australia
The six colonies of Australia form a nation. -
First Man-Carrying Flight
Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first cotrolled, powered, man-carrying flight. -
First Ford Model
Henry Ford produces his first Ford Model T automobile. This model was the first affordable automobile. Ford promoted high wages for workers and low prices for consumer goods, which has become known as Fordism. -
The Titanic
The world's largest passenger steamship in 1912, hits an iceberg in the North - West Atlantic Ocean and sank. 1517 people died. The Titanic was travelling from Southampton, Engliand, to New York carrying 2223 people. The Titanic symbolised the technological progress of the Industrial Revolution. Newspapers reported it as 'unsinkable'. it sank just sank before midnight on April fourteenth. The resting place of the titanic was found 1985- 73 years later. -
World War One ends
World War One ends witht the defeat of Germany. By 1918, troops on both sides were exhausted after being in battle for two years. The Australian troops helped to drive the Germans back from South of the Somme. On November eleven 1918, theceasefire was signed and the war was over.
