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Progressive Ideas and Movements

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    The Enlightenment

    a time when ideas based on reason rather that religion influenced the development of many countrys
  • The Industrial Revolution Begins In England

    The Industrial Revolution Begins In England
    and continues into the 20th century
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    Start of the american revolution

    and the us declaration of independence. This declaration embraces egalitarian ideas.
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    American war of independance

  • Adam Smith publishes 'an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations'

    createing a foundation for some of the fundamental ideas of capitalism
  • Arrival of the first fleet to australai

    with the arial of the first Fleet at botany bay British impearialism extends to Australia
  • French revolution begins

    the French revolution begins, ending the rule of a centuries olf monarchy in france
  • Bastill storming

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    The Chartist Movement

    The chartist movement calls for a series of democratic reforms including the right to vote for all male adults
  • 'the communist manifesto' is published

    Karl marx and Fredruch Engels publish 'he communist manifesto'. Marx and Engels are highly influention in the socialisht movement
  • Start of the Irish nationalist movement.

    An irish Free State, separate from Britin Would eventually be formed in 1922
  • Unification of Italy

    and separation of the northern Italian states from the Austro-Hungarian empire
  • Unification of Germany

  • Austalian Federation

    The Australian colonies federate to form a single nation
  • Australian Labor Party is elected

    The Australian labour party is elected federally and the first socialist party is the world to be elected.
  • The Russian Revolution

    The Russian revolution and the victory of the Bolsheviks results in the words first socialist state
  • The British Empire reaches its greatest extent

  • Charles Darwin publishes 'On the Origin of Species'

    Which demonstrates that humans were created by evolution, not by God.