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This railroad connected Europe and Asia and allowed Russia to trade and grow economically
Author of the Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx
After unfair taxation by Britain, the American colonies fought a war for independence. They became a sovereign country in 1783.
American Revolution
A revolutionary leader in the independence wars of South America
Simon Bolivar
Creator of the Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Adam Smith came up with this economic system in which transactions between private groups of people are free from any form of intervention
Laissez-faire
The theory that human groups and races are subject to the same laws of natural selection as perceived by Charles Darwin
Natural Selection
This revolution that started with disgust of the French aristocracy, led to the Reign of Terror, and ended with Napoleon rising to power
French Revolution
Toussaint L'ouverture
The immigration of these people to the Americas established new communities in the early 18th centuries
Irish
The people overthrew the shogun and restored power to the emperor, and adopted reforms based on what they admired from Europe and the US
A violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising in China that began in 1899 and ended in 1901
Boxer Rebellion
This rebellion was started by a man who claimed to be the brother of Jesus Christ. It lasted for 14 years and killed around 20 million people
Taiping Rebellion
The man that significantly improved the steam engine.
James Watt
Federal law implemented by the United States that prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country
Chinese Exclusion Act
The enclosure movement
Zulu people fighting against British rule in the late 1800’s
Zulu Kingdom Rebellion
The overthrow of the French Regime in Haiti by the Africans and their descendants, and the establishment of a country governed by former slaves
Haitian Revolution
Queen Victoria
A period of time in which goods for sale were produced on a very small scale, usually in a home.
Cottage industry
3 types of imperialism
A major uprising against the British East India Company in India during 1857-1859
Sepoy Rebellion
Porifirio Diaz, the dictator of Mexico, jailed his political opponent, Francisco Madero. Madero escaped and defeated Diaz's troops and sent him into exile.
Mexican independence
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Policies implemented by Australia that favored immigrants of European descent from 1901-1970
White Australian Policy