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INVENTION OF THE STEAM ENGINE
Is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. -
PRAGMATIC SANCTION
Is a sovereign's solemn decree on a matter of primary importance and has the force of fundamental law. -
FLYING SHUTTLE
It was the first step in the mechanization of the loom and significantly increased the productivity of the weavers. -
SPINNING JENNY
Was a spinning machine. -
WATER FRAME
Is a spinning frame that is powered by a water-wheel. -
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WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
Also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the military conflict of the American Revolution. -
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AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the military conflict of the American Revolution. -
U.S. Declaration of Independence
Is a document that annunce the separtation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. -
SPINNING MULE
Was a machine used to spin cotton. -
POWER WEAVING LOOM
Was a mechanized device designed to automate the weaving process. -
TREATY OF BASEL
It consists of three peace treaties involving France during the French Revolution. -
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THE CONVENTION
After the election of a new assembly known as the Convention,Louis XVI was accused of treason and then executed in january 1793. One month later,some European countries formed a coalition and declared war on France.the Jacobins took control and impulse a dictatorship, known as the TERROR: about 42 000 people were executed. -
Adoption of the U.S. Constitution
After the war ended, Whasington presided over the 1787 Contitutional Convention in Philadelphia, where the Constitution of the United States was written. -
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KING OF SPAIN
Carlos IV became King of Spain. -
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REIGN OF CHARLES IV
King of Spain King of Spain, fifth monarch of the House of Bourbon. -
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FIRST INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Was a peri and of violent political and social change, which saw the abolition of the absolute monarchy and the of the estates systemof the Ancient Régime. -
Convocation of the Estates-General
It was the first meeting since 1614 of the three French Estates-General:The Clergy, The Nobles and The Common People. -
The calling of the Estates General
Louis XVl decided to call together the Estates General in order to increase taxes. -
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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
At the meeting of the Estates General the Third Estate proposed a new voting system which each representative would have a vote. They formed a National Assembly and demanded a constitution. -
STORMING OF THE BASTILLE
A new Constituent Assembly was elected to write a constitution. At the same time the protesters began a riot in the streets of Paris, and the 14 July 1789, they attacked the Bastille(a famous political prision) -
The Contituent Assembly
A nuw Constituent Assembly was elected to write a contitution. At the same time, protesters began to riot in the etrees of Paris, they attacked the Bastille. -
ADOPTION OF THE DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND OF THE CITIZEN
was adopted on the 26 of August 1789 by the National Constituent Assembly -
ADOPTION OF THE FIRST FRENCH CONSTITUTION
The declaration stated that all men are born free and equal in their rights. -
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THE REVOLUTIONARY ASSEMBLY
The Legislative Assembly was elected for one year by restricted suffrage and was empowered to enact laws and raise taxes, determine public expenditure, ratify treaties and declare war. It sat as of right and could not be dissolved. -
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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
The Legislative Assembly inherited government at a time when there were grave doubts about the intentions of the king and the workability of the new constitution. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens
The declaration stated that all men are born free and equal in their rights. -
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FIRST REPUBLIC
During this time, the French Revolution was taking place, and the country underwent significant political and societal change. -
The Legislative Assembly
A new Legislative Assembly was elected. It was dominated by two groups, the GIRNDINS and the JACOBINS. Louis XVI opposed the reforms and asked Austria for support. In response, the assembly abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic. -
EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI
After the election of a new assembly known as the Convention, Louis XVI was accused of treason and executed. -
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THE DIRECTORY
France's moderate middle class had gained control of thecountry, and they established the Directory. This was a more conservative goverment which was compose of 5 menbers. -
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THE CONSULATE
There was a military coup and General Napoleon Bonaparte establibes a new form of goverment called the Consulate. This was a group of 3 leaders which included Napoleon himself as FIRST CONSUL. -
TREATY OF SAN ILDEFONSO
Was a secret agreement signed between the Spanish Empire and the French Republic. -
First Consul
Napoleon Bonaparte gradually increase his power and was named First Consul for live. -
INVENTION OF THE LOCOMOTIVE
The invention of the steam locomotive by Richard Trivithick made possible to move large quantities of products more quickly. -
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EMPIRE
Napoleon declare himself Emperor. He was defeted in the battle of Waterloo -
Emperor
Napoleon declared himself Emperor of France. -
Civil Code
a set of laws that applied equally to all citizens. It introduced new legal conceps, such as civil marriage, divorce, adoption and public education. -
King of Italy
Napoleon declared himself King of Italy. -
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval war between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies. -
BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ
also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the important and decisive military war of the Napoleonic Wars. -
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONTINENTAL BLOCKADE
Napoleon decreed, from his Palace in Berlin, a blockade of the British Isles and forbade all British goods and commerce entering the continent. -
LAUNCH OF THE FIRST STEAMSHIP
The steamship by Robert Fulton made possible to move large quantitien of products more quickly. -
The Treaty of Fontainebleau
Spain supported Napoleon in the war againt Great Britainan,and spain sign the Treaty of Fontainebleau. -
BATTLE OF BAILÉN
Was foughtbetween the Spanish Army of Andalusia and the Imperial French Army. -
New King of Spain
With the treaty, France had permission to pass through Spain and conquer Portugal. In the end, France occupied Spain, expelling Charles IV and placing his brother, Joseph Bonaparte on the throne. -
REVOLT OF ARANJUEZ
Also known as the Mutiny of Aranjuez, was an uprising led against King Charles IV. -
UPRISING OF THE PEOPLE OF MADRID
The rebellion, mainly by civilians, with some isolated military action by junior officers, was against the occupation of the city by French troops, and was violently repressed by the French Imperial forces. -
ABDICATIONS OF BAYONNE
Successive renunciations of the throne by Ferdinand VII of Spain, who returned to his father the crown obtained with the mutiny of Aranjuez, and by Charles IV. -
INDEPENDENCE OF COLOMBIA
It occurred on July 20, 1810 when the Junta de Santa Fe was formed in Santa Fe de Bogota. -
APPEARANCE OF THE LUDDITES
Factory workers protested by destroying machines bacause they felt that they were being replaced by them. The goverment reacted by passing a law in 1812 which established the death penalty for anyone who destroyed a machine. -
APPROVAL OF "LA PEPA"
Goodbye to the Ancien Regime was said, although for a time it seemed that only “see you later” had been said. And when Fernando VII returned to Spain, with the War of Independence already concluded and won, he abolished the constitution. -
CONVOCATION OF THE COURTS OF CADIZ
The French inflicted large losses on the Spanish, took control of southern Spain and forced the government to retreat to Cádiz, its last available redoubt on Spanish soil. -
TREATY OF VALLENÇAY
The agreement provided for the withdrawal of French troops from Spain, and the restoration of Ferdinand VII of Spain. -
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ABSOLUTIST SEXENIO
Once absolutism was restored, they called the absolutist six-year period began, which would last until 1820, the year in which the liberal regime and the Constitution of 1812 were reestablished. -
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VIENNA CONGRESS
Was an assembly that reorganized Europe after the Napoleon defeat. -
Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon was defeated. The victorious powers re-established the Ancien Régime. -
CREATION OF THE HOLY ALLIANCE
Was a coalition linking the monarchist great powers of Austria, Prussia and Russia, which was created after the final defeat of Napoleon at the behest of Emperor. -
INDEPENDENCE OF ARGENTINA
Independence of Argentina was declared by the Congress of Tucumán. -
INDEPENDENCE OF CHILE
Was a military and political event that allowed the emancipation of Chile from the Spanish Monarchy, ending the colonial period and initiating the formation of an independent republic. -
FIRST LIBERAL REVOLUTIONARY WAVE
The liberal revolutions aimed to establish constitutional monarchies -
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TRIENIO LIBERAL
It was the result of the constitutional wave that had begun in the 18th century with the French Revolution. -
SECOND LIBERAL REVOLUTIONARY WAVE
Greece gained its independence from the Turkish Ottoman Empire through a liberal and nacionalist revolution. -
INDEPENDENCE OF MEXICO
Was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from the Spanish Empire. -
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OMINOUS DECADE
For the last ten years of the reign of King Ferdinand VII of Spain, dating from the abolition of the Spanish Constitution of 1812 -
FIRST COMMERCIAL TRAIN
The opening of the first public railway made possiblle to move large quantities of people and products faster. -
INDEPENDENCE OF PERU
Was a series of military conflicts in Peru from 1809 to 1826 that resulted in the country's independence from the Spanish Empire. -
THIRD LIBERAL REVOLUTIONARY WAVE
A liberal revolution established a constitutional monarchy in France. -
CREATION OF THE FIRST TRADE UNIONS
These were associations of workers in the same industry, which offered mutual assistance in the case of accident or injury and demanded better working conditions. It also tried to use strikes. -
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FIRST CARLIST WAR
It was fought between two factions over the succession to the throne and the nature of the Spanish monarchy. -
EXPROPRIATION OF MENDIZÁBAL
More often referred to simply as la Desamortización in Spanish, were a set of decrees that resulted in the expropriation and privatisation of monastic properties in Spain from 1835 to 1837. -
EXPROPRIATION OF MADOZ
more often referred to simply as la Desamortización in Spanish, were a set of decrees that resulted in the expropriation and privatisation of monastic properties in Spain from 1835 to 1837. -
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CHARTIST MOVEMENT
British working-class movement for parliamentary reform. -
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REGENCY OF ESPARTERO
Last period of the minority of age of Isabel II, so called because General Baldomero Espartero after the triumph of the "revolution of 1840" that put an end to the regency of María Cristina de Borbón. -
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EFFECTIVE REIGN OF ELIZABETH II
Is usually divided into four periods: the moderate decade(1844–1854); the progressive biennium(1854–1856); the period of the Liberal Union governments(1856–1863) and the final crisis (1863–1868). -
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REIGN OF AMADEUS OF SAVOY
Was an Italian prince who reigned as King of Spain. -
DRAFTING OF THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
Stems from the joint development of ideas between Marx and Engels. -
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REIGN OF JOSEPH I
Was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy -
NAPOLEON'S COUP D'ÉTAT
It is the act by which Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, president of the Second French Republic for three years, retains power a few months before the end of his term. -
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ITALIAN UNIFICATION
King Victor Emmanuel II unified Italy and became a constitutional monarchy. -
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FIRST INTERNATIONAL
Was an international organisation which aimed at uniting a variety of different left-wing socialist, communist and anarchist groups and trade unions that were based on the working class and class struggle. -
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GERMAN UNIFICATION
Bismarck established the Second Reich, or German Empire with Wilhelm I as it´s kaiser. -
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PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT (SERRANO)
The failure of the First Republic and the coup by General Manuel Pavía and Rodríguez de Alburquerque placed Serrano in the Presidency of the Executive Branch of the Republic in January 1874, beginning an indefinite presidential regime. -
CONSTITUTION OF 1869
It was the Constitution approved under the Provisional Government of 1868-1871, after the triumph of the Revolution of 1868 that ended the reign of Isabel II. -
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SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Also known as the Technological Revolution, was a phase of rapid scientific discovery, standardisation, mass production and industrialisation from the late 19th century into the early 20th century. -
FOUNDATION OF THE PSOE
The Spanish Socialist Workers Party was founded clandestinely in the Casa Labra tavern in Madrid. -
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REGENCY OF MARIA CHRISTINA
Maria Christina of Austria was regent of Spain from the death of her husband, Alfonso XII. -
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SECOND INTERNATIONAL
Was establishes in Paris. It called for an eight-hour working day and established 1 May as an international day of protest for workers' rights. -
FOUNDATION OF THE CNT
Since the foundation of the CNT in 1910 and the initial constitutional congress in September 1911, nine congresses have taken place, four prior to the Spanish Civil War, and six since the Spanish transition to democracy. -
Treaty of Versailles
Peace document signed at the end of World War I by the Allied and associated powers and by Germany