World Dates 4 Flashcards
1750 CE - 1914 Ce
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| 353906411 | 1750 | Industrial Revolution | 0 | |
| 353906412 | 1756-1763 | 7 Years War/French and Indian War | 1 | |
| 353906413 | 1776 | American Revolution. Adam Smith writes the Wealth of Nations -> Start of modern economics (lassez-faire) | 2 | |
| 353906414 | 1789 | Start of the French revolution | 3 | |
| 353906415 | 1804 | Haitian independence | 4 | |
| 353906416 | 1815 | Congress of Vienna -> Peace for 100 years. The terms conservative and liberal come about. | 5 | |
| 353906417 | 1820's | Independence in Latin American follows the Napolionic Wars. Simon Bolivia | 6 | |
| 353906418 | 1839 | Opium wars -> end of Chinese dominance. Introduction of the idea of extraterritoriality | 7 | |
| 353906419 | 1848 | Various european revolutions. Karl Marx: Communist Manifesto -> Proletariat violent revolution to overthrow the bourgeoisie | 8 | |
| 353906420 | 1853 | Japan's isolation ends because of Americans (Matthew Perry) | 9 | |
| 353906421 | 1857 | Sepoy mutiny -> dissolves East India Company. Direct rule of India | 10 | |
| 353906422 | 1861 | End of serform in Russia. Italian unification | 11 | |
| 353906423 | 1863 | Emancipation Proclaimation | 12 | |
| 353906424 | 1871 | German unification -> 2nd Reich (Otto von Bismark) | 13 | |
| 353906425 | 1885 | Berlin conference (division of Africa) | 14 | |
| 353906426 | 1895 | Spanish-American war. Start of American imperialism | 15 | |
| 353906427 | 1899 | Boer war. British control South Africa -> start of partide | 16 | |
| 353906428 | 1905 | Russo-Japanese war (establishment of Japan as a major power) | 17 | |
| 353906429 | 1910 | Mexican revolution and the establishment of a constitution | 18 | |
| 353906430 | 1911 | Chinese revolution. End of the dynastic cycle and the last CSE | 19 |