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John Kay develops the flying shuttle
In 1733, John Kay invented the flying shuttle, an improvement to looms that enabled weavers to weave faster. The original shuttle contained a bobbin on to which the weft (weaving term for the crossways yarn) yarn was wound. It was normally pushed from one side of the warp (weaving term for the the series of yarns that extended lengthways in a loom) to the other side by hand. -
James Watt patents an improved steam engine
Steam engines were now true reciprocating engine and not atmospheric engines. Watt added a crank and flywheel to his engine so that it could provide rotary motion. Watt's steam engine machine was four times more powerful than those engines based on Thomas Newcomen's steam engine design -
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American Revolution
The American Revolution (1775-83) is also known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. The conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain's 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown. Skirmishes between British troops and colonial militiamen in Lexington and Concord in April 1775 kicked off the armed conflict, and by the following summer, the rebels were waging a full-scale war for their indepe -
Samuel Crompton develops the spinning mule
In 1779, Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule that combined the moving carriage of the spinning jenny with the rollers of the water frame.The spinning mule gave the spinner great control over the weaving process. Spinners could now make many different types of yarn. Finer cloths could now be made. -
Edmund Cartwright develops the powerloom
The power loom was a steam-powered, mechanically-operated version of a regular loom. A loom is a device that combined threads to make cloth.When the power loom became efficient, women replaced most men as weavers in the textile factories. -
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The French Revolution
On June 17 legal issues finally drove the deputies of the Third Estate to declare themselves the National Assembly.
Rumours of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate led to the Great Fear of July 1789, when the peasants were nearly panic-stricken. The gathering of troops around Paris. On July 14, 1789, the Parisian crowd seized the Bastille, a symbol of royal tyranny. -
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Haitian Revolution
The primary black generals in the earliest days of the slave rebellion were Jean-Francois, Biassou and Jeannot.
fter 13 years of revolutionary activity France was formally removed from the island and Haitian independence declared, only the second republic in the Americas. The country was in ruins, the masses mainly uneducated and struggling for survival. -
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Reign of Muhammad Ali in egypt
During his reign Muhammad Ali launched several military reforms that somewhat strengthened the ottoman empire. -
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Congress of Vienna
assembly reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. Having begun in September 1814, five months after Napoleon’s first abdication, it completed its “Final Act” in June 1815, shortly before the Waterloo campaign and the final defeat of Napoleon. The settlement was the most comprehensive treaty that Europe had ever seen. -
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War of Greek Independence
the Greeks rebelled against Turkish rule in 1821; with the support of England and France and Russia they won independence in 1828 at Navarino -
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Opium War
This was a conflict between china and britan over the illegal smuggling and distribution of opium. The chinese eventualy lost the war due to britans superior navy and imperial power. -
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Tanzimat Era
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Taiping Rebellion
This was the result of politicol unrest and extremely angerd civillians because of rapid population growthand china was also in turmoil during this time.This ultimately claimed 20 to 30 million lives. -
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Reign of Tsar Alexander II
During his reign russia had several reforms. one of the most prominant was the emancipation of the serfs in Rusia. -
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Unification of Italy
The period of or the movement for the liberation and political unification of Italy, beginning about 1750 and lasting until 1870. -
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Unification of Germany
An Austrian-Prussian invasion of Schleswig-Holstein led to the end of Danish control of these provinces.
Bismarck secured Italian support and French neutrality. Prussian troops occupied Holstein and the “Seven Weeks War” broke out between Prussia and Austria.
The war marked the end of French military domination in Europe. The new German Empire emerged as Europe’s foremost military power. Prussia dominated this new German state. -
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Reign of king leopold in belgium
King leopold had an imperialistic grip on The congo in africa and because of his imperialistic actions the labor that the natives had to endure resulted in the deaths of over 8 million africans. -
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Scramble for Africa
During the scramble for africa europe greatly had imperial influence on the majority of the countries in africa. This led to intense battles and heavy death tools for the african natives and the european imperialists. -
Sino-Japanese war
The japanese strengthened their imperialistic power as they defeated the Chinese swiftly and brutally. -
The boxer rebellion
During this time the chinese viewed most outside influences to be imperialistic. This resulted in death and destruction as the chinese sought to protect themselves after the opium wars. -
Russo-Japanese war
This was waged betweeen the japanese and russians. The ultimate outcome of the war was the defeat of russian forces and Japan becoming an imperialistic country. -
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Construction of the panama canal
After the completeion of the 10 year project of the panama canal trade was vastly facilitated around the americas. Additionally lowered the cost of trading goods.
