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Late Modern Period Timeline

Lexi Lawrence

The Opium Wars

1839-1842 and 1856-1860

Taiping Rebellion

1850-1864

World War I

1914-1918

Emancipation of Slaves in US

1863

The Haitian Revolution

1791-1804

Boxer Rebellion

1898

The American Revolution

1775-1783

Spanish-American War

1898

  • World War I was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
  • The war was between The Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire) and the Allied Forces (Great Britain, the US, Russia, France, Itlay, and Japan).
  • Over 9 million people were killed in this war.
  • On January 1st, 1863, president Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation.
  • It stated that any southern states who did not return to the union would loose their slaves, as they would be set free.
  • When the southern states did not comply he issued it on the new year.
  • Chinese peasants resented European influence.
  • At first they targeted Christian missionaries and then just foreigners in general.
  • The Boxer Rebellion ended in 1901 with the Chinese Government treaty which signed the fall of the Qing Empire.
  • This war was triggered the sinking of the battleship Maine and the US declared war on Spain.
  • This led to the US taking Puerto Rico and the Philippines as their territory.
  • A peace treaty was signed between the two countries and this allowed for Cuba to establish their independence.
  • Hong Xiuquan, the leader the Taiping Rebellion, believed him and his followers were destined to conquer China, thus overthrowing the Manchus.
  • Some of the reforms during this time included mass literacy, the abolition of Confucian teachings, and liberation for women.
  • During the Taiping Rebellion over twenty million people were killed.
  • This Revolution was a successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection that occured in the French colony of Saint Domingue.
  • This was the only slave uprising that led to the founding of a state free from slavery and ruled by non-whites and former captives.
  • It has been described as the largest and most successful slave rebellion in the Western Hemisphere.
  • The struggle came from from growing tensions between the people of the 13 North American colonies and the colonial government. (Represented by the british Crown)
  • The tension was caused by many taxes forced upon the colonies. An example of this would be the Stamp Act of 1764 and the colonists were fed up.
  • The Treaty of Paris ended the war and the 13 colonies, now states, were free to form the USA.
  • The Chinese were not interested in trading with Europeans because they lacked resources that China wanted.
  • Because of this Europe introduced a drug called Opium which originated in India.
  • China quickly became addicted to the drug and it was banned.
  • The wars started when the British responded to the banning of Opium with military force. This forced China to trade with them once again.

Meiji Restoration

1868

Emancipation of Serfs in Russia

1861

The French Revolution

1789-1799

Mexican-American War

1846-1848

US Acquires the Philippines

1898

Monroe Doctrine

1823

Construction of the Panama Canal

1903

  • The US acquiring the Philippines was a result of the Spanish-American war.
  • The US was able to buy the Philippines for 20 million dollars.
  • Meiji Restoration began in Japan when the shogunate was replaced with an emperor.
  • This restoration was a 40 year period of reforms.
  • Strongly influnced by westernization, this pushed Japan forward and allowed them to surpass other countries.
  • Tsar Alexander II abolished serfdom and peasants were no longer obligated to serve their landlords.
  • Even though serfdom was similar to feudalism, it didn't end with the introduction of the industrial age. This means that Russia was behind socially and economically compared to other countries.
  • The US wanted a faster route to Latin America for strategic and economic reasons. The Panama Canal would be perfect for this.
  • The president, Theodore Roosevelt, took control of this goal with his Big-Stick Policy. (speak softly and carry a big stick.)
  • Instead of annexing Cuba, the US gave them a set of regulations.
  • This war was caused by the US's belief of manifest destiny, the belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
  • This war was a struggle over the border between the US and the Mexico.
  • The US overtook the Mexican capitol, winning the war.
  • The French Revolution was a rebellion within the French people that demolished the French Monarchy.
  • During the French Revolution, those in power where the irresponsible Louis XVI and his vain wife, Marie Antoinette.
  • The guillotine is a huge symbol for the French Revolution because those who disagreed with the people were beheaded.
  • Both the American and French Revolution were based off of Enlightenment ideas.
  • The Monroe Doctrine was American declaring that any European act to colonize in the Americas would be treated as a hostile act.
  • This act was supported backed by Great Britain in hopes of better trade with Latin America.
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