World History Time by Mary Brito-Larios _ Student - SouthGarnerHS

Neolithic Age (10,000 BCE)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-22 16:36:03 UTC

Neolithic times marked the pinnacle of human civilization and technological advancement. The history of the manor's estate predates the construction of the house to some 4000 years of the neolithic period. Neolithic man constructed large ceramic containers and silos to store surplus grain.

https://www.britannica.com

Gunpowder Year (Around 800 BCE)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-22 17:06:39 UTC

There were wails from inside, and the air smelled of gunpowder. The sound of the gunshot, every muscle in my body tensed. When a gun trigger is pulled, the primer ignites the gunpowder and fires the bullet.

https://www.britannica.com

Columbus Year (1492)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-23 16:35:07 UTC

The trade route between Europe, Africa, and the Americans paved the way for the slave trade.

Opened the way for European countries to colonize and exploit those lands and their people.

https://www.britannica.com

Printing press year (1440)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-23 16:39:20 UTC

Helped disseminate knowledge wider and faster than ever before.

Helped create a more uniform language and made the prices of books become considerably lower and more affordable for the masses.

https://www.history.com

Agricultural Revolution Year (300)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-23 20:26:11 UTC

Allowing population to far exceed earlier peaks and sustain the country's rise to industrial preeminence.

Paved the way for the Industrial Revolution in Britain.

https://study.com

American Revolution Year ( 1775)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-23 20:32:38 UTC

Gave us our national independence and committed the new nation to the ideal of personal independence.

colonial opposition to British attempts to impose greater control over the colonies and to make them repay the crown for its defense of them during the French and Indian War.

https://www.britannica.com

French Revolution Year (1789)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-23 20:39:38 UTC

Put an end to the feudal system as well as France's absolute monarchy, and changed the country's entire political landscape.

The fall of the monarchy, changes in society with the rise of the middle class, and the growth of nationalism.

https://www.britannica.com

Industrial Revolution Year (1760 – 1840)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-23 20:53:14 UTC

The steam engine, used to power steam locomotives, steamboats, steamships, and machines in factories; electric generators and electric motors; the incandescent lamp (light bulb); the telegraph and telephone; and the internal-combustion engine and automobile.

Transformed economies that had been based on agriculture and handicrafts into economies based on large-scale industry, mechanized manufacturing, and the factory system.

https://www.britannica.com

Steam engine Year (1712)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-23 21:52:59 UTC

Coal is a source of fuel and could generate far more power than humans or animals.

Initiated by the growing need for raw materials.

https://www.britannica.com

Internal combustion engine Year (1860)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-23 22:20:35 UTC

Intake, Compression, Combustion and Power Stroke, and Exhaust.

The ignition and combustion of the fuel occurs within the engine itself.

https://www.energy.gov

Maxim Gun Year (1884)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-23 22:38:16 UTC

Had a water-cooled jacket that stretched around the barrel, holding one gallon of water.

The first fully automatic machine gun in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org

Plastic invented Year (1907)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-24 15:13:26 UTC

Made possible the development of computers, cell phones, and most of the lifesaving advances of modern medicine.

Plastic pollution can alter habitats and natural processes, reducing ecosystems' ability to adapt to climate change, directly affecting millions of people's livelihoods, food production capabilities and social well-being.

https://www.sciencehistory.org

Russian Revolution(1917)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-24 15:49:59 UTC

The Russian Civil War was one of the bloodiest conflicts in history.

Economic hardship, food shortages, and government corruption.

https://www.history.com

Chinsese Revolution Year (1911-1949)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-24 16:27:37 UTC

Establishing the Republic of China in its place and ending the imperial system.

Frustration with the foreign Manchu Government embodied by the Qing court, and the desire to see a unified China less parochial in outlook fed a growing nationalism that spurred on revolutionary ideas.

https://history.state.gov

Cuban Revolution Year (1953-1959

mbritolarios — 2024-10-24 17:59:56 UTC

The overthrow of Batista and the rise to power of the revolutionaries led by Fidel.

Cuba gradually became a communist government, supported by the U.S.S.R. At that time the Cold War between the capitalist and communist blocs was active.

https://study.com

Green Revolution Year (1950s-1960s)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-24 22:04:05 UTC

Improved irrigation, increased use of manufactured fertilizer, and higher-yield strains of corn, wheat, rice and other crops.

High productivity of crops through adapted measures

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Digital Revolution Year (late 1950s to the late 1970s)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-24 22:17:25 UTC

Introduced a swell of new technology.

Revolutionising communication, commerce, education, and entertainment.

https://dapth.com

Haitian Revolution Year (1791 and 1804)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-24 22:23:08 UTC

The only successful slave revolt in history, and resulted in the establishment of Haiti, the first independent black state in the New World.

The franchise frustrated aspirations, the brutality of slave owners, and inspiration from the French Revolution.

https://www.britannica.com

Moon landing Year (1969)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-24 23:42:05 UTC

Revolutionised and accelerated space technology along with our ability to live and work in space.

The Apollo 11 mission paved the way for unparalleled scientific discovery and exploration.

https://nubeowatches.com

Syrian Civil War Year (2011)

mbritolarios — 2024-10-24 23:48:36 UTC

The conflict has caused a major refugee crisis, with millions of people fleeing to neighboring countries such as Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan; however, a sizable minority has also sought refuge in countries outside of the Middle East, with Germany alone accepting over half a million Syrians since 2011.

And it was impacted by the loss of life.

https://www.worldvision.org

Facebook launches (February 4, 2004)

mbritolarios — 2025-01-02 18:03:08 UTC

A Harvard sophomore named Mark Zuckerberg launches "The Facebook", a social media website he had built in order to connect Harvard students with one another. Now known simply as Facebook, the site quickly ballooned into one of the most significant soical media companies in history.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/facebook-launches-mark-zuckerberg

Cambridge Analytica goes bankrupt in May 2018

mbritolarios — 2025-01-02 19:56:14 UTC

The Federal Trade Commission issued an Opinion finding that the data analytics and consulting company Cambridge Analytica, LLC engaged in deceptive practices to harvest personal information from tens of millions of Facebook users for voter profiling and targeting.

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2019/12/ftc-issues-opinion-order-against-cambridge-analytica-deceiving-consumers-about-collection-facebook

An atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki on 6 and 9 of August 1945

mbritolarios — 2025-01-03 19:30:02 UTC

The bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. The Japanese government signed the Instrument of surrender on 2 September, effectively ending the war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki

The Battle of the Somme begins July 1, 1916

mbritolarios — 2025-01-03 19:47:58 UTC

It was a joint operation between British and French forces intended to achieve a decisive victory over the Germans on the Western Front. Intense German pressure on the French at Verdun throughout 1916 made action on the Somme increasingly urgent and meant the British would take on the main role in the offensive.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-was-the-battle-of-the-somme

Creation of the World Wide Web April 30, 1993

mbritolarios — 2025-01-04 01:19:58 UTC

To meet the demand for automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world.

https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web/short-history-web

Protestant Reformation 31 October 1517

mbritolarios — 2025-01-04 03:00:56 UTC

The Protestant Reformation was a religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s. The Protestant Reformation began in Wittenberg, Germany, on October 31, 1517, when Martin Luther, a teacher and a monk, published a document he called Disputation on the Power of Indulgences, or 95 Theses.

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/protestant-reformation/

Council of Tent years 1545 and 1563

mbritolarios — 2025-01-04 03:57:19 UTC

To condemn the principles and doctrines of Protestantism and to clarify the doctrines of the Catholic Church on all disputed points. This had not been done formally since the 1530 Confutatio Augustana.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Trent

Invention of the first Wheel year 4200-4000 BC

mbritolarios — 2025-01-04 04:53:27 UTC

The first wheels were not used for transportation. Evidence indicates they were created to serve as potter's wheels around 3500 B.C. in Mesopotamia—300 years before someone figured out to use them for chariots.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-salute-to-the-wheel-31805121/#:~:text=The%20first%20wheels%20were%20not,to%20use%20them%20for%20chariots.

Invention of the Cotton Gin year March 14, 1794

mbritolarios — 2025-01-04 05:00:11 UTC

Revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber.

https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/cotton-gin-and-eli-whitney

The first Airplane was invented (Wright brothers) year 1903

mbritolarios — 2025-01-04 05:08:12 UTC

When the Wrights built and flew their 1903 Flyer, it was not a national treasure. To them, it was a research tool on their path toward a practical airplane.

https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/wright-brothers#:~:text=Of%20course%2C%20when%20the%20Wrights,path%20toward%20a%20practical%20airplane.