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The French Revolution
The hierarchy became questioned by the enlightenment and ideas spread based on reason and science. The monarchy raised taxes on the commoners, which lead to riots and the attack of the Bastille fortress. In 1789 a deceleration was made stating the “men are born free and remain in equal rights”. In 1799 Napoleon over through the French directory making himself emperor ending the French revolution. A political change was no longer having tradition social classes, turning France into a modern land. -
Britain abolishes slave trade
The committee for the abolition of the Slave trade was formed in 1787 by a group of Evangelical English Protestants allied with Quakers. The alliance was led by, William Wilberforce, who had taken on the cause of abolition in 1787. The Bill was first introduced to Parliament in January 1807. It went to the House of Commons on 10 February 1807. On 23 February 1807, Wilberforce and his team won. Britain used its international strength to put pressure on other nations to end their own slave trade. -
The Gatling gun
The Gatling gun was invented in 1861by Richard Jordan Gatling. The gun was used to help colonise Australia because the aboriginal had no way of defeating it. The British came up with the saying ‘the spear is no match for the gun’. The gun was used by threaten the Aboriginals into doing what they. A major cultural change for the aboriginals was being made to live more like the British. The aboriginals stoped going hunting and taking part in traditional actives. -
South Australia introduces female suffrage
The key figure in the campaign for women’s suffrage was Mary lee. She was the main contributor in women obtaining the right to vote in South Australia in 1894. The first polling day which included women was in South Australia on 25 April 1896. The women suffrage movement was the struggle for the right of women to vote and run for office and is part of the overall women’s rights movement. The suffragettes argued that government should also include women as laws also affect women. -
Franz Ferdinand and his wife assassinated at Sarajevo
On the 28 of January 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro Hungarian throne and his wife Sophie were assassinated by a Serbian. The Austro-Hungarian Empire which had been looking for an excuse to attack Serbia, retaliated. This trigged world war one. America's factories and country sides were unharmed, and performing better than ever. World War I sped up American industrial production, leading to an economic boom throughout the 'Roaring Twenties. -
The Battle of Formless
The Battle of Formless 19-20 July 1916 was a British military operation on the Western front during World War 1. The attack took place 16 km from Lille. The Germans withdrew battalions from the Lille area from 9-12 July. First army commander General Charles Munro postponed the attack due to the weather until 19 of July. From 1914-1918 about 65 million men marched to war, over 8 million never returned.
