Key Events in Revolutionary History

7 Years War (French and Indian War)

• 1756-1763

• 1754-1761

• 1768-1775

• • 1785-1792

1776

• Berlin Conference (begins “Scramble for Africa”)

• Spanish-American War (US acquires Philippines, Cuba,
  Guam, & Puerto Rico)

• Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (capitalism)

• Commodore Perry “opens” Japan

French Revolution begins

• • 1768

• • 1831

• 1753

• 1789

Haitian independence

• 1804

• 1800

• 1794

• 1790

1807

• Boer War

• Russian “frees” serfs / ends serfdom

• British abolish Trans-Atlantic slave trade

• Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (capitalism)

1815

• Ethiopians defeat Italians at the Battle of Adowa

• Congress of Vienna

• Suez Canal Opens

• Tanzimat Reforms

Independence in Latin America

• 1820s

• 1870s

• 1800s

• 1810s

1st Opium War in China

• 1861

• 1898

• 1789

• 1839

1839-1878

• 7 Years War (French and Indian War)

• German unification

• Tanzimat Reforms

• Haitian independence

Commodore Perry “opens” Japan

• 1869

• 1853

• 1804

• 1776