AP World Dates 2 Flashcards
1
Q
1644
A
Manchu (Jurchens) overthrow Ming Dynasty
2
Q
1763
A
Treaty of Paris ends 7 years war
3
Q
1776
A
Adam Smith Wealth of Nations; American Revolution
4
Q
1789
A
French Revolution
5
Q
1792
A
Haitian Revolution
6
Q
1815
A
Congress of Vienna Ends Napoleonic Wars
7
Q
1830
A
Great Trek by Dutch Afrikaners in South Africa
8
Q
1848
A
Last Liberal Revolutions in Europe: Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
9
Q
1857
A
Indian Mutiny by sepoys
10
Q
1869
A
Suez Canal built
11
Q
1800-1850
A
Romanticism in west
12
Q
1858
A
Darwin’s Origin of Species
13
Q
1879
A
Zulu wars with Britain
14
Q
1870
A
Unification of Germany
15
Q
1899
A
Anglo-Boer war — South Africa
16
Q
1871-1914
A
Height of European Imperialism; Partition of Africa
17
Q
1914-1918
A
WW1
18
Q
1939-1945
A
WW2; August 6 1945 atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
19
Q
1880-1950
A
Imperialism
20
Q
1950-1990
A
Decolonization
