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The American Revolution
The American Revolution was fought between different countries throughout the world, but mainly between Great Britain and America. America wanted its Independence from Great Britain -
William Blake Publishes Songs of Innocence
The Songs of Innocence dramatize the naive hopes and fears that inform the lives of children and trace their transformation as the child grows into adulthood. -
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The French Revolution
the revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges -
Marry Wollstonecraft Critiques Female Educational Restrictions In A Vindication of the Rights of Women
is an early feminist work that evaluates the role of women in society during the 18th century, provides guidelines for how women might improve upon themselves, and petitions men to help women become viable and productive members of society. -
Charles and Mary Lamb publish Tales from Shakespeare
Brother-and-sister writing team Charles and Mary Lamb interweave the words of Shakespeare with their own (some 200 years later in 1807) to bring 20 of his best plays to the young reader. -
Enlish artisans called Luddites riot and destroy textile machines, feraing that industrialism threatens their livelihoods
19th-century English textile artisans who violently protested against the machinery introduced during the Industrial Revolution that made it possible to replace them with less-skilled, low-wage labourers -
Brother's Grimm begin to publish Grimm's Fairytales
The first volumes were much criticized because, although they were called "Children's Tales", they were not regarded as suitable for children, both for the scholarly information included and the subject matter -
United States declares war on Great Britian
was a 32-month military conflict between the United States and the British Empire and their Indian allies which resulted in no territorial change, -
Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is set primarily in the town of Hertfordshire, about 50 miles outside of London in the 19th century. The two most important places are Longbourn (residence of the Bennet family) and Netherfield Park (residence of the Bingleys). -
Mary Shelley, daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, publishes Frankenstein
knowledge of the existence of a creator has a crippling effect on the creature as he struggles to reconcile his own perception of himself with his maddening desire for divine approval and acceptance. It is impossible to ignore the author’s place within her text as Shelly, an avowed atheist, makes a comparison of human development. -
One of a series of ineffective Factory Acts prohibits employement of vhildren uner nine
Children under 9 years old are not allowed to work but they must be enrolled in the elementary schools that factory owners are required to establish -
Noah Webster publishes An American Dictionary of the English Language
An American Dictionary of the English Language; it took eighteen years to complete. To evaluate the etymology of words, Webster learned twenty-six languages, including Old English (Anglo-Saxon), German, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Arabic, and Sanskrit. -
Victor Hugo publishes The Hunchback of Notre Dame
uses the history of the Middle Ages and the structure of the Notre Dame cathedral to express its major themes. Notre Dame is the geographical and moral center of Hugo's fictional Paris. -
Charles Darwin serves as naturalist on HMS Beagle during expediton along the coast of South America
five-year voyage on H.M.S. Beagle has become legendary, as insights gained by the bright young scientist on his trip to exotic places -
Slavery is abolished in british empire
was an 1833 Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire
