Historical Dates Midterm 1 Flashcards
1
Q
1689
A
Locke, Concerning Human Understanding
2
Q
1769
A
Watt patents steam engine
3
Q
1789
A
Storming Bastille (begin French Rev)
4
Q
1793-4
A
Reign of Terror
5
Q
1794
A
Eli Whitney patents cotton gin
6
Q
1798
A
Malthus, Principle of Population
7
Q
1801
A
Enclosure Acts
8
Q
1804
A
Napoleon crowned Emperor of France
9
Q
1805
A
French defeated by Lord Nelson, Trafalgar
10
Q
1807
A
abolish Brit slave trade
11
Q
1811
A
Prince of Wales subs in for George III, going crazy
12
Q
1815
A
Corn laws (protect landowners) Battle of Waterloo (Nap defeated, end of Nap wars)
13
Q
1819
A
Peterloo Massacre (gov fires on mass demo by workers)
14
Q
1820
A
death of George III, accession of George IV
