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Mass expansion in China
Under the Qing rule, China expanded beyond the Great Wall and started to annex more territories in process. The Qing invaded Korea, managed to conquer Mongolia, and also annexed modern territories of Xinjiang and Tibet as well. -
British Industrial Revolution begins
The Industrial Revolution was a period of scientific and technological development in the 18th century that transformed largely rural, agrarian societies—especially in Europe and North America—into industrialized, urban ones. Goods that had once been painstakingly crafted by hand started to be produced in mass quantities by machines in factories, thanks to the introduction of new machines and techniques in textiles, iron making and other industries. -
James Cook explores the Pacific
James Cook was a British naval captain, navigator, and explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada and conducted three expeditions to the Pacific Ocean (1768–71, 1772–75, and 1776–79), ranging from the Antarctic ice fields to the Bering Strait and from the coasts of North America to Australia and New Zealand. -
The Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars, also called the Coalition Wars, were a series of wars that took place during the time Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte ruled France. -
The US expands with the Louisiana Purchase
In this transaction with France, signed on April 30, 1803, the United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. For roughly 4 cents an acre, the United States doubled its size, expanding the nation westward. -
Japan opens its borders
On July 8, 1853, American Commodore Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world. -
World War 1
The First World War, formerly called the Great War, was a worldwide military conflict, although centered in Europe, which began on July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918, when Germany accepted the terms of the armistice of the November 11, 1918. -
John F Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, known as John F. Kennedy, was an American politician and diplomat who served as the thirty-fifth President of the United States. He was also known as Jack by his friends or by his nickname JFK. -
World War 2
World War II was a global military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. Most of the nations of the world were involved in it, grouped into two warring military alliances: the Allies, on the one hand, and the Axis powers, on the other. for another.