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7 years war ( french and Indian)
conflict between Britain and its Bourbon enemies, France and Spain; on the conflict between Frederick II (the Great) of Prussia and his opponents: Austria, France, Russia, and Sweden. 1756- 1763
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Invention of spinning Jenny
multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution.
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Smith writes 'Wealth Of Nations'
smiths goal was to find out how and why other nations were wealthier than others. However soon or later he found out that it as free trade. this is economic because it's dealing with wealth distribution -
Decl. Of independence
Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, colonies severed their connections to Great Britain. The Declaration completed the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
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French revolution begins
France was a wealthier country than Britain and was in national debt. The financial distress of having old debt and the extra amount of the current royal court caused problems with the monarchy -
Jenner's smallpox vaccine
Jenner took fluid from a cows pox and distributed it onto a boys skin. Later on, a small bump arose but he soon recovered making the 'vaccine' a success. This is interactions because it's dealing with a disease. -
Haitian Independence
Jean-Jacques Dessalines and L'Ouverture led the revolutionaries at the Battle of Vertieres, where the French forces were defeated. This is political because it was a battle that defeated the French -
British abolish Trans-Atlantic slave trade
Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. Although the Act made it illegal to be involved in the slave trade throughout the British colonies, trafficking between the Caribbean continued. This is political because it involves an act. -
Janissary revolt
The Janissary where mostly made of children taken from inslaved families to become soldiers.Towards the end of the 18th century the current ruler of the Ottoman Empire, Selim III (ruled 1789-1807), modern reform was reaching its culmination. meaning they just revolted against him
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Congress of Vienna
Meeting of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich.
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Independence of Latin America
Colonies had declared and won independence and had divided up into republics. Spain fought to hold on to its rich colonies but lost in a war and then Latin America gained independence.
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1st Opium war in China
Many wars fought between the United Kingdom and the Qing dynasty of China over diplomatic relations, trade, and justice in China. This is political since it’s dealing with a war -
Tanzimat Reforms
series of reforms in the Ottoman Empire between 1839 and 1876 under the rulers of the sultans Abdülmecid I and Abdülaziz.
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Marx & Engles’ The Communist Manifesto
Talks about destroying the ownership of private property, as well as the belief that a move towards communism is unavoidable, as capitalism is not stable.
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European Revolutions
sequence of republican revolts against European monarchies, beginning in Sicily, and spreading to France, Germany, Italy, and the Austrian Empire
1848-1849
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Commodore Perry opens Japan
Lead his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to refurbish America’s relationship with Japan for the first time in over 200 years to help regulate trade again
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Sepoy Mutiny
widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–58.
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End of Russian serfdom
was finally destroyed in the emancipation reform of 1861 by Tsar Alexander II.
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U.S. civil war
War in the United States from 1861 to 1865, between the North and the South.
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Italian unification
political and social movement that made different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state was have today
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U.s Emancipation Proclamation
Was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln. It affected status of many slaves in areas of the south and made them free. This is political since it’s an official U.S. document -
German unification
Bismarck had to fight three wars to unify Germany. The 1864 Danish War, The War of 1866, The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.
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Berlin conference division to Africa ( “scramble to Africa”)
Made it common for European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period.
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New Zeland grants woman suffrage
Lord Glasgow had signed a new Electoral Act. As a result, New Zealand became the first self-governing country in the world and which ment women had the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
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Battle of Adwa (Ethiopians defeat Italians)
the Ethiopian army defeated the Italian military It was a victory because it affected Italys idea to establish a colony in Ethiopia.
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Spanish - American war
US and Spain had declared war. In order to assure the fighting only for the good of Cuba the US passed the Teller Amendment, which promised to make Cuba independent after the war was over.
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Boer wars
1899-1902
fought between the British Empire,the South African Republic, and the Orange Free State over the Empire's influence in South Africa.
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Russo- Japanese war
The conflict grew over competition between Russia and Japan for territory in both Korea and Manchuria, in northern China. In result, the Russian Empire lost prestige and two of their three naval fleets
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Mexican revolution
1910-1920
Ended dictatorship in Mexico and established a constitutional republic.
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Chinese revolution
revolutionaries in southern China led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty, establishing the Republic of China and ending the imperial system.
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World War I
1914-1918
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot to death with his wife by Bosnian revolutionary, Gavrilo Princip. This event triggered the war
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Russian revolution (czar abdicates)
March
Czar Nicholas II, forced to abdicate the throne then after strikes and general revolts break out in Petrograd
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Russian revolution (communism and Bolshevik)
Oct / nov
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Armistice (end of WWI fighting)
The Treaty of Versailles signed six months later would act as the peace treaty between the nations.
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Treaty of Versailles
Bought world war 1 to an end. Ended war between Germany and allies
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Kellogg -Briand pact
international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve disputes or conflicts
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Stock market crash
abuses by utility holding companies contributed to the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Depression that followed.
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Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria following the Mukden Incident
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Italian invasion of Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini had adopted Adolf Hitler's plans to expand German territories by acquiring all territories it considered German.
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Japanese invasion of China
It began with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937 in which a dispute between Japanese and Chinese troops escalated into a battle
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German blitzkrieg in Poland
To Hitler, the conquest of Poland would bring living space for the German people.
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Pearl Harbor, entry of US into WWII
surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base
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Yalta Conference
the re-establishment of the nations conquered and destroyed by Germany.
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end of WWII (Japan surrenders)
September
Japan surrendered making an end to ww2 after the atomic bombs
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Hiroshima/Nagasaki
August
United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Truman Doctrine
June
American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War.
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independence & partition of India
August
Dominion of India became the Republic of India in 1950, and in 1957 the Dominion of Pakistan became the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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birth of Israel
David Ben-Gurion, declared "the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz-Israel, to be known as the State of Israel.
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Berlin Blockade/Airlift
1948-1949
international crisis that arose from an attempt by the Soviet Union.
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NATO founded
April
provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
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Chinese Communist Revolution
October
led by the Communist Party of China and Mao Zedong which resulted in the proclamation of the People's Republic of China
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Korean War
1950-53
War began becuase North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border.
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Vietnam expels France
Vo Nguyen Giap trounced the allied French troops at the remote mountain outpost of Dien Bien Phu in the northwest corner of Vietnam.
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Bandung Conf
pledged to promote political, economic, and cultural cooperation between the two continents.
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Khrushchev begins de-Stalinization
February
consisted of a series of political reforms in the Soviet Union after the death of long-time leader Joseph Stalin.
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Nationalization of the Suez Canal
Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal after Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the canal
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Sputnik
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite.
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Cuban Revolution
armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's revolutionary 26th of July Movement
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Cuban Missile Crisis
was a direct and dangerous confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War
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Chinese Cultural Revolution
Was to preserve Chinese Communism by purging remnants of capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society.
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6-Day War
Egyptian plot in 1967 to destroy Israel backfired when Israel struck first, destroying the forces of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, and taking possession of new territory.
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Yom Kippur war
war fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel
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Iranian Revolution
series of events that involved the overthrow of the monarch of Iran, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, and the replacement of his government
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China begins “Socialist Market Econ- omy” reforms
The system is based on the predominance of public ownership and state-owned enterprises within a market economy.
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1st Palestinian Intifada
Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.
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Tiananmen Square
June
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fall of Berlin Wall
November
East German government announced on 9 November 1989 that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin. Many jumped over wall
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Namibia gains independence
passed through several distinct stages from being colonised in the late nineteenth century to Namibia's independence
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1st Persian Gulf war
January
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990.
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USSR disbands
December
officially granting self-governing independence to the Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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genocide in Rwanda
mass slaughter of Tutsi in Rwanda during the Rwandan Civil War
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1st all race elections in S. Africa
April
first in which citizens of all races were allowed to take part in
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9/11 attack’s
four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States On the twin towers in nyc
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US invades Iraq
Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War. 21 days of major combat operations
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Facebook was founded
social networking service launched as FaceMash in July 2003, but later changing to TheFacebook We know today
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Global “Great Recession” begins
general economic decline .Banks had sold too many mortgage-backed securities than what could be supported by good mortgages.
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Wikileaks, “Arab Spring” democracy
series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across the Middle East
This is Political since it was a rebellion
