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Boston Tea Party
The key complaint of the American colonists was that they were being taxed too highly by the government.So they rallied against the government, -
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James Watt
James Watt designs a more efficient steam engine. He got the idea as a kid when he saw his mother make a cup of tea by boiling the water and steam rising from the kettle. -
American Declaration of Independence
The American Declaration of Independence announces the American colonies independence from Great Britian. -
The First Fleet
The First Fleet arrives in Botany bay, beginning British settlement in Australia. -
War of Independence
A treaty in Paris was signed to formally end the war, and recognised the USA as controlling an area from the Canadian border to Florida. -
French Revolution
Outbreak of the French Revolution as a consequence of high bread prices and dissatisfaction with the ruling of aristocrats who levied high taxes to support extravagent lifestyles. -
Alessandro Volta
Volta invents a battery to store electrical current; the unit of electric potential, volt, is named after him. -
Textile
Textile workers smash machinery in factories and mills in the midlands and north of England. -
George Stephenson
Stephenson builds the first passenger railway between Liverpool and Manchester. -
Publication of The Peoples Charter
The Publication of The Peoples Charter in Britian demading political reform, including the right to vote for every man from the age of 21, -
Edward Hargreaves
hargreaves discovers gold near Bathurst, New South Wales, triggering several gold rushes around Australia. -
Gatling Gun
Richard Gatling patents the Gatling Gun. -
American Civil War
American Civil War ends with about 620,000 people died. -
Convict Transportation
Convict transportation to Australia ceases with the last shipment of convicts disembarking in Western Austrlia. -
National Park
Worlds first National park proclaimed at Yellowstone in the USA, -
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison unveils electric light system. -
Wright Brothers
Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright achieve the first controlled, powered, man carrying flight. -
Henry Ford
Henry Ford produces his first Ford Model T automibile. -
Steamship
The worlds men largest passenger steamship, the Titanic, hits an iceberg in the north west Atlantic Ocean sinks: 1517 people die. -
WWI
World War 1 ends with the defeat of Germany.
