Period 3 Timeline Test Flashcards
7 Year War
1756-1763
invention of spinning jenny
1767
American Revolution
1776
French Revolution
1789
Smallpox Vaccine
1796
Haitian Independence
1804
British Abolition of Atlantic-Slave Trade
1807
Congress of Vienna
1815
Independence of Latin America
1820s
1st Opium War
1839
European Revolutions/ Communist Manifesto
1848
Commodore Perry opens Japan
1853
Sepoy Mutiny
1857
End of Russian Serfdom
1861
Emancipation Proclamation
1863
German Unification
1871
Berlin Conference
1871
New Zealand Grants Women Suffrage
1893
The Battle of Adowa
1896
Spanish American War
1898
Boer War
1899-1902
What was the significance of the FRENCH REVOLUTION
It showed that the people could overthrow a monarchy
What was the significance of the HATIAN REVOLUTION
It was the only successful slave rebellion
What was the significance of the first OPIUM WAR
It showed that modern and industrialized armies would defeat old armies
What was the significance of the first OPIUM WAR?
It showed that modern and industrialized armies would defeat old armies
What was the significance of COMMODORE PERRY OPENING JAPAN
It allowed trade with America and led to
an industrialized Japan
What was the significance of the SEPOY MUTINY
The abolition of the East India Company in favor of a more direct rule by the British government
What was the significance of the BERLIN CONFERENCE
established the legal claim by Europeans that all of Africa could be occupied by whoever could take it.
What was the significance of the BATTLE OF ADOWA
It showed that an African Army could defeat the modernized European Army
