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1526
First Voyage of African Slaves Arive in America (What Would Be America)
While this is not the stoppage of the effects of the Atlantic Slave trade it still symbolizes a slow and still ongoing change in American society to combat racism and condemn past actions. -
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Atlantic Slave Trade
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Haiti Is Ceded To France
This would result in a lot of French influences in Haiti culture and identity today alongside bring slavery to the island -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party as an event is an act against Britain's identity. -
Battle Of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker hills and really the whole American revolution was for the American identity -
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American Revolution
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Declaration Of Independance Is Signed
The declaration similar to the declaration of the rights of men is within its self a statement if the American identity and that it exists. -
Bastille Fortress Is Stormed
The event symbolizes the beginning of the end of the French monarchy. It also represents the start of a new identity for France as a whole. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris is really what would allow the American identity to be able change as now America was its own independent country and as such had its own independent identity. -
The British Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade is founded
This group would end up being one of the major abolitionist groups and would fight for the identity and freedom of the enslaved. -
The Declaration Of The Rights Of Men
The declaration of the rights of men is in itself a statement of identity and that the French people had one -
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French Revolution
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Begining Of Haitian Revolution
The Haitian revolution as a whole is an act to be able to have an identity. Without it, there would be no Haitian identity. -
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The Haitian Revolution
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French Republic Is Established
The establishment of the French republic is a key moment for the French identity as the French Republic is what France is today and the ideals of its peoples and the identity of those peoples -
The King Of France Is Executed
This event is the true and clear end for the French Monarchy, because the end of this era of France allowed for a new culture and the French Identity to further evolve -
The Haitian Revoloution Ends
The end of the Haitian revolution marks the start of the Haitian identity. -
Haiti Claims Independance
Being able to now be called Haiti would allow the new country to become and have a presence in the world and represent their new citizens alongside have a fully fleshed out identity -
End of Atlantic Slave Trade in America
While this is not the stoppage of the effects of the Atlantic Slave trade it still symbolizes a slow and still ongoing change in American society to combat racism and condemn past actions. -
The First Opium War Starts
This war started with China trying to stop Opium addiction in China. The spreading of Opium would have a negative effect on Chinese identity and society as a whole. -
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Opium Wars
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Treaty Of Nanking Is Signed
The treaty of Nanking would result in Hong Kong becoming a Crown territory. This would result in the culture of Hong Kong becoming heavily westernized which is still clear in the country today. -
Underground Railway
The Underground Railroad was a system of safe houses that were created by abolitionists to take slaves from America to Canada. This system had a major effect on the identity of slaves in America as they would become free upon entry into Canada. The date for when it started is not well known or defined so the date used in around when it was at its peak. -
The Second Opium War Starts
The attacks against China that would result in the start of the second opium wars would continue the diminishing of Chinas identity as the west would try to force westernization onto China -
Beijing Convention Is Signed
The Beijing convention in particular would allow for the further spreading of westernization which included the allowance of Christan missionaries in China -
Abraham Lincoln is Voted to be President
Lincoln would be a major figure in the fight for American civil rights. His impact on the American identity is still clear today -
The American Civil War Begins
The civil war would be a battle for the identities of not only African Americans but also of what it would a citizen of the United States -
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American Civil War
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The Gettysburg Adress is Delivered
The Gettysburg address would go to be one of the most famous speeches in modern history. The Gettysburg address is one of the best expressions of freedom in world history, it shows the battles of the Civil War and discusses what it would mean to be American -
The American Civil War ends
The end of the civil war allowed America to become more unified. Without this, the country very likely would have not become as strong as it is today and its identity would be quite different -
Canada Becomes A Country
The formation of Canada would allow there to be a federal Canadian government and would start the creation of the "Canadian" identity -
The End Of The Edo Period
The Edo period brought a time of peace and culture which strengthened the Japanese identity. It was with its end that Japan would then bring it its new modern identity with the Meiji restoration -
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Colonialism In Canada
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Emperor Meiji Is Coronated
Due to emperor Meiji being so young and also having so much control over Japan and influence over Japan's national Identity, he would allow for the Meiji restoration to happen and cause the westernization of Japan -
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Meiji Period
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Japan Forms a National Army
The formation of a national army further cemented the drifty away from the traditional Japanese identity associated with the samurai. -
Cape to Cairo Railway
The Cape to Cairo railway would have had major effects on the culture in Africa. Because of it not coming to fruition it did not have as major of effect on Africa's culture has it did. -
The Indian Act Passes
The Indian act was an act that encouraged the enfranchisement of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada. The Indian Act was put into place to destroy the Aboriginal identity and replace it with this new Candian Identity. -
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Scramble For Africa
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Britan Takes Control of Egypt
Britan taking control of Egypt would have a major effect on how Egyptian culture would develop in the future due to westernization. -
Federal Residential Schools Begin
The residential schooling system would be used to assimilate aboriginal youth by using residential schools. These schools would have the students in them have their hair cut and be stripped of any aboriginal culture they had. -
Berlin Conference
This conference led to the division of Africa and the annexation of the continent. This would result in mass amounts of culture lost as the new European owners of the land tried to imprint their own culture over the original African culture in the land. -
King Leopold Gains Control of The Congo
The impact of Kind Leopold on the Congo is clear to see. The current state and identity of the people in the Congo have been affected by how the country was ran and the scar King Leopold left on the minds of those in the Congo when he left. -
The Meiji Consitution
The Meiji constitution is a declaration to the people of Japan that Japan's identity is now more western based as a whole. -
Stephan Harpers Apology
This apology would allow the government to actively try to help aboriginal peoples deal with and combat the effects of residential schools (although he also said that Canada had no history of colonialism)