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Steam Engine
-Invented Thomas Newcomen
-Perfected by James Watt
-Ferry boat, locomotive made possible
-Changed the way the world worked
-Made trade easier
-Goods could be transported faster -
French Revolution
-Monarchy was failing
-People stormed Bastille for weapons
-Fish ladies caputred king and queens and took them to Paris
-King and queen executed by guillotine
-Reign of Terror
-Robespierre executed
-Code of Napolean, tolerated religion, equality
-Feudalism is abolised -
Haitian Revolution
-Slaves not happy about French taking over
-French were making sugar cane a major crop
-Slaves planned a revolt
-Slaves revolted, and ended up taking over country
-They gained independence from France in 1804
-The thought of slaves taking over terrified European countries -
Independence of Mexico
-Between Spain and Mexico
-Started off as a peasent rebellion
-Mexico united against Spain
-Mexican War of Independence
-Morelos took over revolutionary war
-Mexicans won their independence
-Showed that countires could lose control over their land overseas -
Congress of Vienna
-Afraid of France, they were getting too powerful
-Afraid of non-moarchy countries
-Developed strong border states
-Napolean was overthrowing many monarchy countries
-Napolean's victories is why congress is called -
Opium War
-China wanted opium and the British were selling
-British wanted goods from China
-Commissioner Lin Tse-hsu was against smuggling
-He went out of his way to stop the trade
-He wasn't successful
-China couldn't control drug problem, couldn't organize a government or an army.
-They were vunerable
-Treaty of Nanking ended war, rights to the British -
Communist Manifesto
-Book written by socialist Karl Marx
-Political manuscript
-Struggles between classes
-Points out problems of Capitalism
-Has been tested and never worked before
-Never has a society thrived under Communism -
Matt Perry Goes to Japan
-American Fleet
-Led by Matt Perry
-Demanded trade with Japan
-Japan wanted technology
-They could get guns and things to build an army if they traded
-Treaty of Kanagawa
- ended Japan's 200 year seclusion
- opened ports to only US ships
- didn't establish permenant trade
-People saw the Shogunate as weak -
Sepoy Mutiny
-Began as a rebellion with soliders
-Thought employers were being racist
-Turned into many mutinies
-Rebellion was a threat to the British East Indian Company
-Ended the Bristish East India Company
-Was one of the major events that helped India gain independence -
Unification of Germany
-Otto von Bismarck wanted to unite Germany under Prussia
-Treaty of Frankfurt - France surrenders
-Officially occired at the Versailles Palace
-Wilhelm of Prussia became Emperor Wilhelm
-When Germany was put together the population had many cultural differences.
Wilhelm II makes German a industrial power. -
Zulu Uprising
The British imposed a tax on the Zulu people
The Zulu people didn't want to pay the tax
Zulu surrender
Helped the expansion of Britian in Africa -
Berlin Conference
-King Leopold II of Belgium wanted to end confusion over control in Africa
-The conference split up Africa to differnent parts of Europe and Africa didn't have any say in it
-Left only two areas for the natives
-Eliminated the African system and their ablility to govern themselves
-Led to cultural destruction in Africa -
Russo-Japenese War
-Between Russian empire and Japenese empire
-Over Manchuria and Korea
-Japenese won
-People were shocked that little Japan could beat a superpower
-Japenese gained both areas and rights to Port Arthur
-Japanese army started to grow -
Dr. Sun Yat-sen Takes Over China
-He was considered the Founding Father of Republican China
-Helped overthrow the Qing dynasty
-Became president of the Republic of China
-3 Principles of the People
-Fought Warlords
