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stamp act
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Lexington and concerd
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industrial revolution begins
The Industrial Revolution was where changes in agriculture, manufacturing, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions of the times. It began in the United Kingdom, then subsequently spread throughout Western Europe, North America, -
the refigeratre
made food stay fresh for longer -
boston mascur
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boston tea party
they were mad that there was tax on the tea so they threw it Into the Boston harbor -
intolerable act
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steam engine was improved
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American revolution
political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. They first rejected the authority of the Parliament of Great Britain to govern them from overseas without representation, and then expelled all royal officials. -
olive branch petition
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the US had full independence
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seven seas war
global military war between 1756 and 1763, involving most of the great powers of the time and affecting Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines -
Napoleon Bonaparte Overthrows the Directory
Napoleon seizes power in France due to instability. He is later appointed First Consul, giving him unlimited power. He leads the French on a military campaign that threeatens Europe, but his army suffers massive casualties when invading Russia, and the falls apart before he can take all of mainland Europe. -
battle of Yorktown
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The first fleet happened
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french revolution
political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. They first rejected the authority of the Parliament of Great Britain to govern them from overseas without representation, and then expelled all royal officials. -
the cotton gin
made taking the seads out of cotton eaiser -
Latin America revolution
arious revolutions that took place during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and resulted in the creation of a number of independent countries in Latin America. These revolutions followed the American and French Revolutions, which had profound effects on the Spanish, Portuguese and French colonies in the Americas. Haiti, a French slave colony, was the first to follow the United States to independence, during the Haitian Revolution, which lasted from 1791 to 1804. -
Marbury vs Madison
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Oregon trail
people moved into Louisiana -
congress of Vienna
This was a meeting between the Allies to decide what to do with France since Napoleon has been exiled (see Battle of Waterloo). Rulers before Napoleon would gain back their thrones while France would remain intact. A balance of power existed and Enlightenment and Revolution ideals are ignored at this event. -
the battle of Waterloo
Napoleon is defeated by Britain and Prussia. Austria and Russia also helped to rally together and defeat Bonaparte. He was sent into exile and this event signified his downfall. The Congress of Vienna grew out of this even -
indian removal act
first major legislative departure from the U.S. policy of officially respecting the legal and political rights of the American Indians. The act authorized the president to grant Indian tribes unsettled western prairie land in exchange for their desirable territories within state borders -
Georgia vs the Cherokee
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. (5 Pet.) 1 (1831), was a United States Supreme Court case. The Cherokee Nation sought a federal injunction against laws passed by the U.S. state of Georgia depriving them of rights within its boundaries, but the Supreme Court did not hear the case on its merits. -
bank war
The Bank War was the name given to the campaign begun by President Andrew Jackson in 1833 to destroy the Second Bank of the United States, after his reelection convinced him that his opposition to the bank had won national support. The Second Bank had been established in 1816, as a successor to the First Bank of the United States, whose charter had been permitted to expire in 1811. -
opium war
climax of disputes over trade and diplomatic relations between China under the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire. After the inauguration of the Canton System in 1756, which restricted trade to one port and did not allow foreign entrance to China, the British East India Company faced a trade imbalance in favour of China and invested heavily in opium production to redress the balance. British and United States merchants brought opium from the British East India Company's factories -
women suffrage act
In 1916, the National Woman’s Party (formed in 1913 at the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage) decided to adopt a more radical approach to woman suffrage. Instead of questionnaires and lobbying, its members picketed the White House, marched, and staged acts of civil disobedience -
sepoy mutiny
The British East India Company begins to disrespect Hinduism and Islam, two key religions of the workers they have employed in India. This event occurred when it was discovered that the bullets used were greased with animal fat. This violated the laws of the religions and the workers rebelled in an attempt to gain more independence from Britain. This failed and Britain began to look over India more closely and made it a crown colony. -
franco prussian war
conflict between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and Bavaria. The complete Prussian and German victory brought about the final unification of Germany under King Wilhelm I of Prussia. It also marked the downfall of Napoleon III and the end of the Second French Empire, which was replaced by the French Third Republic.