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Benjamin Franklin
on 1752 Benjamin Franklin wrotea letter to peter collin explaining his theory, benjamins theory was that lightening was electric and he was right lighteing is electric. -
James whatt
in 1775 James Whatt designed a more efficient steam machine. -
american decloration
American Decloration of indepandance the colonies of america from Great Britain, the committee of american decloration of independance that drafted was Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R Livingston and John Adams. -
first fleet
the first fleet arrived in bottany bay in 1788 at the beginning of the british settlement in Australia -
outbreak of the french revolution
an outbreak of the french revolution and the prices of bread rose as a consequence and the autocrats had a dissatisfaction with the ruling aristocrats who levied hight taxes to back up extravagant lifestyles. -
Alessandro Volta invents a battery
in 1800 Alessandro invented a battery to store electrical current. the unit electric potential is named after Volt. -
textile workers smash machinory
In the Midlands and North Englnd the machinery in factories were getting smashed by textile workers because they were taking jobs away from them. -
cotton mills
In 1822 they made cotton mills, cotton mills was a place where you made clothes and this impacted the world because it made it alot faster. -
first railway was built between liverpool and manchester
In 1830 the first passenger railway was built between Liverpool and Manchester by George Stephenson. -
men over the age of 21 are aloud to vote.
Publication of the peoples charter in Britain demanding Political reform, and even including the right for men over the age of 21 to vote -
the goldrush
In 1850, Bathurst New South Whales Edward Hargraves discover gold. and that triggered several gold rushes all over Australia. -
American Civil War
The American civil war was a domestic war between the union of the North and the confederates of the South because of Abraham Lincolns idea to stop slavery. if that war had never happende then slavery might still be leagal now. -
Linclon assassinated
on the 15th of April Linclon was assinated it was horrible, the war was overe but John Wilks Booth wanted the war to continue but failed. thankfully. -
convict transportation
In 1868 Australia ceases the convict transportation with the last shipment of convicts going to Western Australia. -
first powered light bulb
In 1879 Thomas Edison made the first electricity light bulb, now people can continue to work at any time day or night because it produces more light than a candle. -
federation of Australia
In 1901 the federation of Australie began, the six colonies of New South Whales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia all come togethor to form one nation. -
the first right aeroplane
In 1903 two brothers named Orville and Wiblur Right made the first controlled, powered, man carrying flight. -
first ford model produced
In 1908 the first Ford model t automobile was produced by Henry Ford. -
the titanic
In 1912 the titanic ( the worlds then largest steamship) hit an iceburg in the North West Atlantic ocean and the ship sunk. 1517 people died. -
world war 1 ends
In 1918 world war 1 ended, Australia defeated Germany. many people lost there lives to save Australia.
