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1885 BCE
East África
Africans were forced to work for Europeans in order to pay off taxes. This was because the new taxes had to be paid in cash and not as cattle or crops. The abuse of African laborers by European employers added to the growing anger among the local people. -
1870 BCE
KIng Leopold II of Belgium
Was the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 and, through his own efforts, the owner and absolute ruler of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908. Leopold was the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State, a private project undertaken on his own behalf as a personal union with Belgium. -
1846 BCE
War Between Mexico and the United States
Was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. The Americans elived in Manifest Destiny, which started all of this. -
1805 BCE
Mohamed Ali
Muhammad cAli was an energetic and ambitious Ottoman governor of Egypt from 1805 to 1848. During his long career he managed to augment Egypt's wealth, introduce long-lasting changes to its society, and embark on an expansionist policy that gravely threatened the Ottoman Empire. -
Transfotmation in science and technology
The Second Industrial Revolution was another great leap forward in technology and society. New innovation in steel production, electricity and petroleum led to the introduction of public automobiles and airplane -
The industrial capitalism
Industrial capitalism, which Marx dated from the last third of the 18th century, marked the development of the factory system of manufacturing, characterized by a complex division of labor between and within work processes and the routinization of work tasks. -
Consequences of colonialism
Colonialism's impacts include environmental degradation, the spread of disease, economic instability, ethnic rivalries, and human rights violations -
The first Conveyor Belt
In 1870, the first conveyor belt was assembled in the Cincinnati slaughterhouse, thus beginning mechanized chain production.Invented by Henry Clay Flick. -
Emigration during the Second Industrial Revolution
Between 1870 and 1920, almost 11 million Americans moved from farm to city, and another 25 million immigrants arrived from overseas. By 1920, for the first time in American history, the census revealed more people lived in cities than on farms. -
The empires affected by the Second Industrial Revolution
The industrial revolution was the force behind this New Imperialism, as it created not only the need for Europe to expand. But the power to successful take and ptofitably maintain so many colonies overseas. -
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2nd industrial revolution
The Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the Technological Revolution, will be a rapid phase of industrialization between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. -
The firt thermoelectrical commercial plant.
In 1871, the first commercial thermoelectric plant in history began to function. Created by Thomas Alva Edison, it was located on Pearl Street, in Lower Manhattan, very close to the Brooklyn Bridge. -
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Imperialism
Age of Imperialism. The Age of Imperialism, a time period beginning around 1760, saw European industrializing nations, engaging in the process of colonizing, influencing, and annexing other parts of the world. 19th century episodes included the "Scramble for Africa. -
The Invention of the phone
On January 14, 1876, Graham Bell registered the patent for the telephone and thus it has evolved. In 1876, on January 14, inventor Alexander Graham Bell patented the first telephone: a bulky device with a curved mouthpiece and an earpiece connected by wires. It looked very different from today's cell phones. -
First internal combustión engine.
Nikolaus Otto would be the one who patented a modern concept of the internal combustion engine in 1886. It was the four-stroke engine and its propulsion capacity and efficiency was so valuable that it began to be incorporated into almost any type of transport. -
The first automovile with internal combustión.
El primer automóvil con motor de combustión interna se atribuye a Karl Friedrich Benz en la ciudad de Mannheim en 1886 con el modelo Benz Patent-Motorwagen. -
First transmision at the radio.
Although the discovery of radio is not without controversy, on May 14, 1897, the Italian electrical engineer and Nobel Prize winner Guillermo Marconi made the first radio transmission in history. Marconi patented it in 1904. -
First fly with plane.
Orville Wright. Man realized his dream of flight more than 100 years ago, in 1903. On May 22, 1906, the United States of America granted Patent No. 821,393 to Wilber and Orville Wright's flying machine. It was an invention that was going to change the world.