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toussaint l'ouverture
leader of the haitian revolution -
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french & indian war
evolved into the seven-years war or something it was worldwide fought with british on one side and french/native amuricans on the other. -
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louis XVI
only king of france to be executed last king of france or something -
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marie antoinette
wife of louis XVI, spent a bunch of france's money, got beheaded.(good riddance) -
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seven years' war
resulted from overlapping interests in their colonial and trade empires -
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napolean bonaparte
dictator of france, tried to take over the wrold -
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INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
technology is invented -
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development of watt's steam engine
replaced other engines and natural power. -
invention of the spinning jenny
invented by James Hargreaves -
invention of the water frame
invented by Richard Arkwright, who invented it. -
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amurican revolution
fought against amurica and england we won, duh, winning -
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french revolution
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storming of the bastille
they freed the prisoners cos' they didnt have enough bread lol -
declaration of the rights of man
part of the french revolution -
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haitian revolution
haiti vs france, haiti wins they didnt want to make sugar cane anymore -
COTTON GIN
eli whitney invents it makes work easier -
claude chappe invents the telegraph
revolutionized communication -
britain outlaws slave trade
but not slavery itself -
end of atlantic slave trade
britain started it -
Period: to
war for mexican independence
self explanatory -
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congress of vienna
held to divide up europe -
battle of waterloo
where napolean lost then he was exiled -
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brazilian independence
political only, no fighting -
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greek war of independence
fought against the ottoman empire -
dissolution of the janissaries
self explanatory -
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Great Trek
northeastern movement away from british control -
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first opium wars
china didnt want britan's drugs -
revolutions of 1848
buncha euopean countries had revolutions n stuff idk lol -
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taiping rebellion
civil war in china 20 million killed -
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commodore matthew perry's opening of japan to the west or something
ya it happened -
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crimean war
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second opium wars
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sepoy rebellion
indians mutinied against british dudes -
emancipation of the russian serfs
more than 23 million people got free -
meiji restoration
restored imperial rule in japan -
suez canal
no more travel around africa -
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imperization of africa
informal stuff, this -
overthrow of qing dynasty
overthrown by xinhai revolution -
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boxer rebellion
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african national congress
LOL IT WAS FOUNDED OR SOMETHING -
panama canal
it gets opened then -
aswan dam
LIKE LOL ITS AWESOME