The Modern Ages

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    The Modern Ages

  • Introduction

    As the Medieval period had reached an end, the age of enlightenment led to the beginning of the modern world of which we live in today.
  • The British India Company

    The British India Company
    The British East India Company was founded by John Watts in December 31, 1600. A lot of events had occured from the 1750s and beyond which was the beginning of the Modern Time. For example, governers and merchants of London began trading into the East Indies. This would explain a bit about how John Watts created the name The British East India Company since London had a connection with the East Indies.
  • Industrial Revoloution

    Industrial Revoloution
    The inustrial revoloution is the starting point for where people were moved to different countries due to many people stealing and having no more room in the prisons which were made in the known countries like England and all of Europe.
  • Spinning Jenny

    Spinning Jenny
    The Spinning Jenny was created in 1764 mainly to spin cotton in the 18th century. A man had invented the Spinning Jenny named James Hargreaves in Stanhill, Lancashire, England. The Spinning Jenny was named after James Hargreave's wife. It was used more often after James Hargreaves (the inventor of it) had died more than 30,000 of them were used around the world.
  • Myall Creek Masecre

    Myall Creek Masecre
    The Myall Creek massacre near Gwydir River, in the central New South Wales district of Namoi, involved the killing of up to 30 unarmed Indigenous Australians by ten white Europeans and one black African on 10 June 1838 at the Myall Creek near Bingara in northern New South Wales.
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