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Dec 31, 1500
Slave Trading Becomes Widespread In Europe
During the fifteenth century Europeans began to take slaves from Africa. Slaves were taken from the west coast of Africa, from countries like Morocco, Gambia and Siberia. The abductors were largely made up of the Portuguese, Spanish, French and English. They stole the Africans to work on farms, to do general jobs the people didn't like, and to help them in the home as servants. They used the slaves to help build the economy. Some Africans were smart and started to sell slaves to the Europeans. -
Slave Trade Becomes Widespread in America
The first slaves that America 'used' were from Africa. They took slaves from Africa because they didn't think they were 'proper' humans. Over the time that America transported slaves from Africa to America they took around 13 million Africans from Africa to America. Not all slaves survived the trip with over three million dying from scurvy and various other diseases. The slaves were taken from the east coast of Africa and shipped to North America. Where they were then resold to varoius buyers. -
Captain Cook Lands In Australia
Captain James Cook landed in Australia on the 29th of April 1770. He said it was uninhabited and claimed it in the name of England.
Australia was in fact previously inhabited as the Indigenous Australians, the Aboriginal people had been living on the island for thousands of years before the English claimed the land. -
America becomes Independent from England
America was originally an English country, part of the British Commonwealth. America became independent from England, but not without their struggles. A war was fought (the war of independence) between England and America as England still wanted America to be governed by them. The War was fought intercontinental but mostly in America with many, many, many battles fought. George Washington was a very influential figure in America's independence and was a key reason it was the success it was. -
The First Fleet
On the 13th of May 1787 the first fleet left from England on a voyage to Australia. The first Fleet was made up of 11 ships that carried 1000 convicts. Most people who went over to Australia convicts but a few were free people. The convicts were brought to australia to start a new colony. the convicts were made to work the land, build houses and farm the animals brought over. After the convicts were free they had families of their own in Australia. -
Europeans Migrate to America
In the early 1800s, many Europeans migrated to America. The majority of the Europeans were from Ireland. They migrated to America because the economy was going bad, there was disease and famine. The economy was doing badly which created poverty throughout europe. Disease was a key reason for people moving out as it was highly contagious. The famine mainly affected Ireland. Migrants came on boats, and settled on the east coast of America, where they landed. -
The End Of Slavery In England
Since the 1500's the English had been using the West Africans as slaves. Not until 1833 did slavery end in England. The removal of slavery came through a bill in the English parliament. The bill did not come easily, the abolitionists protested for months and also had a huge campaign in the aim to end slavery. The campaign was lead by one of the first major human rights activists William Wilberforce. The British navy helped to enforce the bill by patrolling the seas for illegal slave traders. -
Irish Potato Famine
In the mid-1800s Ireland was struck with a famine, "The Great Hunger". The famine was caused by the lack of potatoes which was a huge part of the diet of the Irish. The shortage of potatoes was caused by potato blight. Potato blight is a disease that is caused by a fungus that kills the growth system of a potato the blight is spread via water. The famine killed over 1 million people and caused 1 million to immigrate to different countries. The famine effected the country years after it had gone. -
Austrlian Gold Rush
In 1851, migrants flocked to Australia in hope of finding gold. The man responsible for the gold rush beginning was a man named Edward Hargraves. He had recently come back from the Californian gold rush (with new techniques) and started to look for gold at Ophir. He found a notable amount of gold, word got out and migrants came to Ophir to find their fortune. -
Migrants come to Australia
After word had gotten out that there was a Gold rush in Australia migrants began to arrive. They came from all over, there were English men, Americans, Chinese, people from Wales, Ireland and Germans just to name a few. Of course, Australians got to the gold first as some of these migrants spent up to nine months on ships before they got to Australia. So many people came to the gold that the Australian government introduced a miner's licence. Each digger had to pay a pound a month to dig. -
Chinese come to the Gold Rush
News of the gold rush reached China in 1853 right in the middle of the war and famine. Thousands of Chinese came over to Australia in hope of bringing a better life to their family. When the Chinese came over to Australia they camped together. People were particularly racist towards the Chinese because of their different appearance and culture. The Australian Government tried to reduce the number of Chinese coming into Australia by making them pay an 11-pound tax to mine and live in the colony. -
US Eliminates Slavery
In 1865 the unfairness of slavery finally caught up to the Americans. President Abraham Lincon passed a law that would set all slaves free. not all at once, when the document was signed were they free but ultimately, it set millions free. Most of the slaves were Negro, African Americans. Lincon issued what is called the Emancipation Proclamation. This document gave people of colour human rights. The Proclamation did not come easily, it was the result of the American Civil war which lasted years. -
Australia Becomes a Federation
Australia became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. This meant Australia became its own country. It was decided to make Australia a federation for major laws were still made overseas in England rather than in Australia. There were six men who wrote the law, took it, from Australia to British parliament, presented their case, and the Queen agreed to it but Australia still has to follow the Constitution. The six colonies made the states. Edmund Barton became Australia's first prime minister.
