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Britain ship convicts to Sydney
Britian ships convicts to parts of Australia due to the overflow of prisons. They first started to ship to what is known now as Sydney. -
Creation of Refigerator
The Refigerator was created so the supplies could stay fresh while they were being traded. -
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Indrustial Revolution
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First reliable steam engine
James Watt makes the first reliable steam engine which was used to power trains. -
America asks for independence
America askes for independence from the british rule. They became an independant nation. -
Cotten Gin was invented
The cotten Gin was made to take seeds out of cotten fatser than human hands. -
Panama Canal
The panama canal runs through Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Ships can cut through the canal rather than going all the way around South America. -
United Kingdom abolishes slavery
The U.K abolishes slavery due to William Wilberforce convincing the government about the problems of slavery. -
Factory acts are made
Factory acts are made for children working in factories. Such as children not working under the age of 10. -
The movement of people
People migrated from their homelands to find work and space. -
France abolishes slavery
On 4 February 1794, the First Republic voted for the abolition of slavery in all French colonies. Then it was abolished definetivly in 1848. -
America abolishes slavery
Slavery was officially abolished in the United States in 1865, although many states abolished slavery for themselves at various dates between 1777 and 1864 and the transport of new slaves from Africa to the US was stopped as early as 1808. -
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal runs through the Mediterranean to the Red Sea through Egypt was used to import and export many different products -
Australia's Federation
Australia is granted federation from the british but they still are in 'Partnership' with Brtian -
First succesful Airplane flight
On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane. -
England owns 84% of the globe
By the 1913 England owned 84% percent of te globe. -
World War I
World War I started Europe due to the assanition of Archduke Franz Ferdinad. It was a global war that horrified the people of the world.