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1750 Industrial Revolution
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The Portuguese and Slaves
The Ndongo traded slaves with Portugal. Eventually the Portuguese try to take over the Ndongo but failed. Their slave would be taken making their population drop. -
Kingo Empire
The kingdom was ruled by an Ngola when it became modernized. The Ndongo was a poorer country and it was easier to claim captives of war from them. -
Tokugawa Era
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Outbreak of 7 Years War in Europe
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Treaty of Paris
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Boston Tea Party
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First Continental Congress is held
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Slave Ports
The Portuguese established trading ports along the Atlantic Ocean, which was mainly for slave trade. The slave trade eventually caused many wars with the Portuguese and other states around them. -
Adam Smith publishes Wealth of Nations
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American Revolution
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Declaration of Independence was signed
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French Revolution Begins
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Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female citizen
Demands for women's suffrage and a rise in feminism challenged political and gender hierarchy -
White Lotus Rebellion
This rebellion first broke out in Qing China in result of a tax protest. -
Shaka Zulu Murdered
Shaka Zulu is murdered by his half-brother, Dingane, after suffering a mental collapse. -
Slavery is ended in Cape
The British abolished slavery in the Cape Colony in 1834 but subsequently passed legislature ensuring white dominance in the region in 1841. -
The Great Trek
Five thousand Boer farmers moved into lands outside of the British colonies in an effort to protest European urbanization and escape the new laws implemented by British officials. -
Arrow War
This war was also known as the extend of the Opium War. From the treaty of the Opium War European powers were not satisfied. -
France Takes Control of Southeast Asia
France moved into Vietnam in 1858 capturing Saigon in 1859. They used the south as a base and moved west and north conquering Indochina by 1907. -
Meiji Restoration
Japan is now transferred to a more of a modern area in Military Power. Japan became more modernized through Western Influence. Japan was transformed to a modern industrial power through this movement. -
Tokugawa no Longer in Power
Meiji emperor of the Samurai launches a reform movement against the Tokugawa. He succeeded in eliminating the power of the shogun the military ruler of the Tokugawa period. -
The Mineral Revolution
Diamonds were discovered in Kimberly in 1869 causing a scramble by the British, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State to annex this area which was originally held by the Griqua. -
Gold is discovered in Witwatersrand
George Harrison discovered gold on his ranch on a Sunday in March of 1886 thereby making the formerly unprofitable land of the ZAR and the Transvaal very valuable. -
The Sino-Japanese War
When Japan intervened with the Korean Rebellion they were soon established as an imperial power. -
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion of 1898 to 1901 was led by peasants to ride China of outer influence. -
The Second Anglo-Boer War
The conflict between the Transvaal and the Orange Free State against the British Empire finally erupted into violence during the Second Boer War, which ended in 1902 with the annexation of both by the British.
