May 1-5

Monday- started presentations

Australia

  • Native tribes
  • Western Culture
  • 1600's Dutch landed in Australia
  • Australia was a penal colony
    • for prisoners 
  • Allied with the United States

Tuesday- presentations

Argentina-Mine

Wednesday- presentations

United Kingdom

  • Population 1801 keeps going up

1500

  • King Henry VIII crowned
  • Battle of Flodden Field- English defeats the Scots and French
  • Battle of Flodden Field
    • Fought in Braxton
    • largest battle between the two kingdoms
  • 1600s
    • Treaty of London
    • Issac Newton is born 
    • First turnpike road was made in 1663
    • Last outbreak of bubonic plague

Thursday-

India 

  • The British East India Company
    • 1700-1857
    • Aurangzeb (6th Mughal Emperor) 
      • After his death, his son started the company
    • 1721
      • Attingal Outbreak
      • 140 British soldiers were killed by Native Indians
      • There was also a hurricane that killed several people
    • Early 1800
      • British East India Company was known as British Raj. 
      • India's population is 200 million
      • The British now control large parts of India and Delhi because of the Second Anglo-Maratha War 
    • Mid 1800s
      • Slavery was finally abolished in India in 1833
      • 1840- French scholar Joseph de Gobineau writes "The Inequality of Human Races," which proclaims the Aryan race as the superior race
      • In 1843, the British conquer Sind region which is known as Pakistan today
      • 1853- German Christian philologist Max Muller advocates that the term "Aryan" means people from central Asia 
      • First Indian Revolution
        • Lasted from May 10, 1857 to November 1, 1858 (only 1 year 8 months)
        • Cause: soliders didn't want to serve overseas
        • Victor: British defeasted and stopped the rebellion
        • Death: estimated around 800,000 to 10 million and most were civilians 
      • Late 1800s
        • Ghandi was born in 1869
        • 1885- Group of middle class found the Indian National Congress which is the origin of their government today
        • 1886- Max Muller revised his stance on his term of "Aryan" to say that anyone who speaks the Aryan language is Aryan (Aryan language is from Greek)
        • 1896- Nationalist leader Bal Bangadhar Tilak spreads nationalism through India to help push for independence 
      • LPS
        • 1991
        • Liberalization, Privatization, and Globalization
        • Liberalization is defined as making economics free to enter in the market and establish their venture in the country
        • Privatization is defined as when the control of economics is shifted from public to a private hand
        • Globalization- regional economies, societies, and cultures have becmone integrated through a global network 
      • Indian Government Today
        • Prime Minister: Narendra Modi
        • President: Pranab Mukherjee
        • Federal Government was established by the Constitution of India 
        • Constitution was written November 26, 1949 and put into effect on January 26, 1950

Friday- 

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Portuguese Discover the Congo
    • 1482
    • Diogo Cao sails to the Congo, first European to set foot in the Congo
    • Portuguese set up ties with the King and Natives 
  • 1600 to 1700
    • Trade
      • British, Dutch, Portuguese, and French merchants 
      • Slaves
  • 1800s Belgian Colonization
    • King Leopold II private venture to colonize Congo
    • 1874-1877: Henry Stanley (British) navigates the Congo River
    • Leopold commissions Henry to establish the King's authority (1879-1887)
  • 1884-1885
    • Recognize Leopold's hold over the Congo Basin
    • Congo is now headed by Leopold who stated the Congo as a free state led by him 
  • 1891-1892
    • Belgians conquer Katanga 
  • Eastern Congo Wrested from Slave Trade
    • 1892-1894: Eastern Congo overthrows Arab-Swahili slave traders 
    • Tippu Tip was an infamous slave trader 
  • 1908
    • Belgian state annexes the Congo
    • Protests over Leopold's killings begin, killing millions
    • Belgian control grows stronger 
  • 1950s- The Beginning of a Free Congo
    • 1955- Belgian Professor Antoine van Bilsen publishes "30 Year Plan," telling how they are planning to make the Congo a free country
    • 1959- Belgium starts to lose control over the Congo due to nationalistic riots in Leopoldville (capital at the time) 
  • 1960
    • In June of 1960, the Congo claims Independence from Belgium
    • In July of 1960, the Congolese army faces mutiny, Belgian troops are sent in to help Belgian people
    • In September of 1960, Kasavubu dismisses Lumumba as their prime minister
    • In December of 1960, Lumumba is arrested
  • 1961
    • In February of 1961, Lumamba is murdered
  • 1964
    • New prime minister appointed 
  • 1998- Rebels
    • Rwanda and Uganda rise up against Kabila to advance on Kinshasa
    • Zimbabwe and Namibia send troops to repel them
    • Angolan troops also side with Kabila
    • The rebels take control 
  • Mobutu Years
    • Joseph Mobutu- General
    • 1965- Kasavubu Tshome was ousted in a coup led by Mobutu
    • 1971- changed the name to "Republic of Zaire," his name to "See Seko," and the Congo River to "River Zaire"
    • 1973-1974: Nationalize business firms and drives out European companies
    • 1989- Congo defaults on Belgian loans, deterioration of economy 
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