The Modern World

By Magic_Pumpkin
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    The Modern World

  • American War of Independence

  • American War of Independence Ends

  • First Fleet arrives to colonise Sydney

  • French Revolution

  • French Revolution Ends

  • James Watt invents the steam engine and kick-starts the Industrial Revolution

  • Napoleonic Wars

  • Britain abolishes slavery in the British Empire

  • Napoleonic war ends

  • European revolution

  • Karl Marx writes the 'Communist Manifesto'

  • Australian Unionism & strikes

  • Australian Federation

  • World War 1

  • Russian Revolution

  • World War 1 Ends