Period 5 Dates Flashcards
(22 cards)
Industrial revolution begins
1750
Napoleon defeated in battle of Waterloo
1815
Commodore Matthew m Perry opens Japan
1853
Second industrial revolution
1856
Sepoy rebellion
1857
Haitian revolution;independence declared
1804
Russian serfdom ends
1861
Taiping rebellion in China
1850
Adam smith writes wealth of nations
1776
American Revolution officially begins
1776
First opium war in China
1839
Brazil declares independence from Portugal
1822
Meiji restoration modernizes Japan
1868
Mexico declares independence from Spain
1821
Berlin conference divides Africa into colonies
1885
Italy and Germany experiences unification
1871
Britain abolishes Slavery
1834
Women’s rights convention at Seneca falls
1848
Emancipation proclamation in USA
1863
French Revolution begins
1789
Karl Marx writes the communist manifesto
1848
Seven year war(aka French and Indian war)
1756