Year 9 History

  • John Locke

    John Locke
    John Locke died on 28 October 1704 he was an English thinkers and known as the Father of Classical Liberalism. He was a philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment John Locke’s contributions to the enlightenment had a great deal to do with the inspiration of America today and in his career doing he developed the philosophy that there were no legitimate government under the rights of kings theory.
  • First fleet

    First fleet
    The First Fleet is the name given to the 11 ships which left Great Britain on 13 May 1787 to found a penal colony that became the first European settlement in Australia.In 1788, when the First Fleet of British convicts arrived, around 500,000 Aboriginal people lived in Australia. today there a oly around 270,000; most live in cities and towns.
  • Australian Gold Rush

    Australian Gold Rush
    The Australian gold rushes were periods of significant migration of workers, both more locally and from overseas, to areas which had discoveries of gold deposits.From the first nugget found in a Bathurst Creek to the 370,000 immigrants who arrived in Australian during 1852, every step of the gold rush changed this nation. from the first gold nugget that was found in 1851 it didnt take long before thousands of people
  • Indian Rebellion

    Indian Rebellion
    indian Mutiny also called Sepoy Mutiny widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–58. Begun in Meerut by Indian troops in the service of the British East India Company it spread to Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, and In India it is often called the First War of Independence and other similar names.The Indian Rebellion was mainly caused by the ethnic gulf between the British officers and their Indian troops. The British had issued new gunpowder cartridges that were widely be
  • The Assination of France Ferdinand

    The Assination of France Ferdinand
    The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife was critical in setting off the chain of events that led to the First World War. Not only was it a bad day for the Archduke and his family, but also a bad day for Europe.Most historians see the assassination of Franz Ferdinand as the main short-term trigger for the First World War. His death was not the only cause of the war, however its effect was to speed up the process that led to war
  • Britain declares war on Germany

    Britain declares war on Germany
    On September 1, 1939 German troops swarmed across the Polish border and unleashed the first Blitzkrieg the world had seen. Hitler had been planning his attack since March - ever since German troops occupied the remainder of Czechoslovakia.The direct cause of WW1 was the assassination of arch tuke franz ferd inand at sarajevo on the 29th of june 1914. The impact of the war continues to be felt to this day as it resulted in the death of Empirese and the birth of nations.