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Question 1

1701 ( Europe )

Answer 1

Jethro Tull invents the seed drill beginning the agricultural revolution

Question 2

1750

Answer 2

Industrial Revolution begins in england

Question 3

1756

Answer 3

Seven Years War begins, leading to global British dominance

Question 4

1776

Answer 4

USA declaration of independence and Adam smith writes the wealth of nations

Question 5

1789

Answer 5

French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille

Question 6

1791

Answer 6

Haitian Revolution begins, first successful slave revolt in history

Question 7

1792

Answer 7

Mary Wollstonecraft writes Vindication of the Rights of Women creating feminism

Question 8

1799

Answer 8

Napoleon Bonaparte takes power in France

Question 9

1815

Answer 9

Congress of Vianna is held, redrawing European borders after the Napoleonic Wars

Question 10

1823

Answer 10

President James Monroe issues the Monroe Doctrine, paving american foreign policy

Question 11

1825

Answer 11

Spanish colonies become independent, led by simon bolivar jose de san martin etc

Question 12

1839

Answer 12

Tanzimat Reforms bein, the ottomans response to imperialism

Question 13

1842

Answer 13

The treaty of Nanjing is signed, ending the First Opium War

Question 14

`1848

Answer 14

Nationalistic revolutions across Europe and Karl Marx writes the communist Manifesto

Question 15

1853

Answer 15

Crimean War begins

Question 16

1854

Answer 16

Japan signs treaty of Kanagaway wtih US, leading to the meiji restoration

Question 17

1857

Answer 17

Sepoy Mutiny in India, leads to direct British rule over the Indian subcontinent

Question 18

1860

Answer 18

self-strengthing Movement begins in China, the government’s response to imperialism

Question 19

1865 and1861

Answer 19

Russian serfs emacipated and slavery ends in US

Question 20

1864

Answer 20

The first Geneva convention is held in, to protect rights of soldiers and civilians in wartime

Question 21

1865

Answer 21

King leopold 11 of Belgium colonizes the congo, leads to horrific human rights abuses

Question 22

1868

Answer 22

Meiji restoration in japan, end of the tokuigawa shogunate

Question 23

1870

Answer 23

Italy is united by Cavour,garibaldi, and Mazzini

Question 24

1871

Answer 24

Germany is united by Otton von Bismarck after Franco-Prussian war

Question 25

1885

Answer 25

Berlin conference is held,setting guidelines for African imperalism

Question 26

1895

Answer 26

Spheres of influence begin in china

Question 27

1896

Answer 27

Theodore Herzl publishes The Jewish State, developing the concept of Zionism

Question 28

1896(europe)

Answer 28

The world’s first modern Olympics are held in Athens

Question 29

1900

Answer 29

Boxer Rebellion begins in China, leads to collapse of Qing government