Week of May 1st-5th

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

Inca Empire 148- attacked Northwestern Argentina
1500's
- Juan Diaz first European explorer to visit killed by the natives
- Typically Spanish
1600's
- University of Cordoba founded
- Diagutia rebellion
- Portuguese established trading Rio De La Plata from Buenos Aires
- City of Tueman moved
1700's
- Jesuits expelled from Spanish territories
1800's
- Took to many L's from people
1900's
- Argentina enters WWII side with the Allies and part of the United Nations
- Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 Chile and Argentina ends border dispute over Picton, Nueva, and Lennox islands
- 1998 President Bill Clinton designed Argentina as a major no -NATO ally... Allies with the Untied States
2000's
- Christina Kirchner is elected president of Argentina 2007

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- presentations

The United Kingdom
- United Kingdom v Great Britain v England v British Isles
  - United Kingdom: includes four countries- Northern Ireland, Wales, England, and Scotland
  - Great Britain is also included inside of the United Kingdom
  - England is its own country but is also part of Great Britain and the United Kingdom
  - British Isles are the countries of Ireland and the Great Britain
- Religion
  - Mostly Christian
- 1500s
  - King Henry VIII crowned
  - Battle of Flodden Field- English defeat the Scots and French
    - Fought between England and Scotland
    - Fought in Braxton
    - Scottish Leader- King James IV
    - English Leader- Thomas Howard
    - Largest battle between the two kingdoms
  - King Henry gets married to Anne Boleyn
  - William Shakespeare is born
- 1600s
  - Treaty of London
  - Isaac Newton is born
  - First turnpike road was made in 1663
  - The last outbreak of the Bubonic Plague
  - Great Fire of London, last for four days
- 1700s
  - Treaty of Union
    - Scotland and England joined together to become Great Britain
  - Robert Walpole- First Prime Minister of Great Britain
  - Seven Years War- struggles between Great Britain and its bourbon enemies
  - George II resisted French attacks in Germany
  - 1762- Spain and France attack Portugal, UK went to help
  - Portuguese resist successfully
  - Treaty of Paris
  - British troops sent to American Colonies to fight American colonists
  - British troops lose
- 1800s
  - War of 1812- restrict US trade and Navy's impressment of American seaman and its desire to expand territory
  - British destroy the capital
  - Treaty of Ghent
  - 1830- Invention of photography
  - 1832- Reform Act
- 1900s
  - Boer War
    - Britain defeats two South African Boer States
  - Dutch Cape Colonies sparked the Boer War
  - World War I ends and the League of Nations is created
  - Anglo-Irish Treaty
    - Ireland breaks away from the UK
  - UK is known as United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  - WWII begins with Winston Churchill as Prime Minister
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
Thursday-
Countries Over the Centuries Presentations
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
- The Marathas
  - They were the only major power left besides the British
  - They were a confederacy of 5 major chiefs
    - The Peshwa
    - The Gaekwad
    - The Holkar
    - The Scindia
    - The Bhonsale
  - Peshwa-Scindia v. Holkar
    - The chiefs had internal arguments
    - This lead to the Peshwa and the Scindia to join forces and fight the Holkar
    - The Holkar attacked the Peshwa and Scindia at the Battle of Ponna
    - Holkar marched through India until he conquered the city of Pune
    - After their faction war, he set up a nominal leader for the Peshwa and returned home
- Second Angle-Maratha War 1803
  - Cause: the nominal leader of the Peshwa was threatening the British rule in India
  - Leaders: British
    - Gerard Lake
    - Arthur Wellesley
  - Leaders: Maratha
    - Daulat Scindhia
    - Raghoji Bhonsale
    - Yashwantraw Holkar
  - The Battle of Assaye
    - 1803
    - It was lead by Wellesley for the British
    - The British were outnumbered by the combined armies of Maratha
    - The British ended up winning the battle which was a major victory in the 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
- Ghandi
  - Born on October 2, 1869 at Portbandar in the present day Indian state of Gujarat
- India
  - India was part of the British Empire but by the end of 1947, India had achieved independence
  - India was considered the jewel in the crown of the British Empire
- 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- presentations

1800"s
- Belgian Colonization
- Established the King's authority
  - King Leopold II private venture to colonize the Kongo
  - 1874-77 Henry Stanley navigated the Congo
  - Atlantic-River
Eastern Congo
- was overthrown from slave trade in 1892-92
1950's
- Free of Congo
- 30 year plan
  - make the Congo more independent
  - make it free of Belgian control
    - June 1960
      - claim Independence
  - July
    - lot of mutiny with the army
1988
- Rebels come in

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Week of May 1st-5th

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