Era #5 Dates Flashcards
1
Q
7 Years War
A
1756-1763
2
Q
Invention of the Spinning Jenny
A
1767
3
Q
Declaration of Independence
A
1776
4
Q
Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (capitalism)
A
1776
5
Q
French Revolution begins
A
1789
6
Q
Jenner’s smallpox vaccine
A
1796
7
Q
Haitian independence
A
1804
8
Q
British abolish Trans-Atlantic slave trade
A
1807
9
Q
Janissary Revolt
A
1807-08
10
Q
Congress of Vienna
A
1815
11
Q
Independence in Latin America
A
1820s
12
Q
Erie Canal opens
A
1825
13
Q
1st Opium War in China
A
1839
14
Q
Tanzimat Reforms
A
1839-1878
15
Q
Marx & Engles’ The Communist Manifesto
A
1848
16
Q
European revolutions
A
1848-1849
17
Q
Commodore Perry “opens” Japan
A
1853
18
Q
Sepoy Mutiny
A
1857
19
Q
Russian “frees” serfs / ends serfdom
A
1861
20
Q
U.S. Civil War
A
1861-1865
21
Q
Italian unification
A
1861-1870
22
Q
U.S. Emancipation Proclamation
A
1863
23
Q
Suez Canal Opens
A
1869
24
Q
German unification
A
1871
25
Berlin Conference (begins “Scramble for Africa”)
1885
26
Brazil ends slavery (last in Americas)
1888
27
New Zealand grants women suffrage
1893
28
Battle of Adowa (Ethiopians defeat Italians)
1896
29
Spanish-American War (US acquires Philippines, Cuba, Guam, & Puerto Rico)
1898
30
Boer War (British in control of S. Africa)
1899-1902
