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Waterloo-1815
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What?-Battle Between Napoleon and Rest of Europe, where he is defeated.
Sig?-Ended Napoleons world conquest. |
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James Watt-1769
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What?-Invented Steam Engine
Sig?-Revolutionized the Industrial Revolution. |
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Telegraph-1837
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What?-A new means of communicating quickly over long distances.
Sig?-Revolutionized communications between far away countries. |
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Adamn Smith and the Wealth of Nations-1776
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What?-Philosopher that came up with the "Invisible Hand" theory. Law of supply and demand will regulate.
Sig?-Provided Economic Platform for other countries. |
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Treaty of Kangawa-1854
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What?-Commadore Perry of U.S. sails of coast of Japan on steamship and forces Japan to sign a favorable trade agreement with the U.S.
Sig?-Sparks civil war in Japan and reveals its weakness. |
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Meiji Restoration-1868
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What?- Two provincial areas, Satsuma and Choshue, create new Japanese government that is open to western Ideas. (Railroad-telegraph)
Sig?-Japan can catch up with the rest of the world. |
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Berlin Conference-1884-1885
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What?-Conference that decided how to split up Africa.
Sig?-Changed the way colonization works. Now have to physically occupy. |
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Battle of Omdurman-1898
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What?- Sudaneese militia is wiped out by British Forces.
Sig?-Proves to Africans that they can't resist mondern military technology. |
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Platte Amendment-1901
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What?-Cuba signs aggreement saying U.S. can step in at any time to maintain stability.
Sig?- U.S used to create economic dependence out of Cuba. |
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Free Trade Imperialism-1900
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What?-A non-military way of gaining an empire.
Sig?-Allowed U.S to control vast latin American Empire. |
