Civilisation - Semester one

1534 The act of supremacy --------------------------------------------------------------- King Henry VIII was denied a divorce He established a new religion (Anglicanism) 1688 The glorious revolution ------------------------------------------------------ Crown taken from James II (Catholic) And given to William III (Protestant) 1689 The bill of right ---------------------------------------------------------------- Establishment of a parliamentary diplomacy 1701 Act of settlement --------------------------------------------- Catholic monarchs cannot rule 1707 Act of union ------------------------------------------ Joined England and Scotland 1714 The Hanoverian dynasty ---------------------------------------------------------------------- No heirs after the death of the English monarch A prince with blood relation came from Hanover 1715 Emergence of Tories and Whigs ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tories (conservative) supported exiled Stuarts Whigs (Liberal) supported the bill of rights 1785 The invention of the steam machine --------------------------------------------------------------- By James Watt, used coal as fuel. 1764 The invention of the spinning machine ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Led to the building of textile factories in the 1770's 1776 The independence of American colonies --------------------------------------------------------------------- From their motherland Britain 1801 Act of Union ------------------------------------------------ Ireland joined Great Britain This created the United Kingdom 1829 Catholic emancipation ---------------------------------------------------------------- Catholics obtained their freedom of worship 1832 The first reform act ---------------------------------------------------------------- Right of voting was given to the middle class 1837 The People's charter ----------------------------------------------------------------- A petition asking the parliament for 6 events 1851 The great exhibition --------------------------------------------------------- An international exhibition of the latest technological and scientific inventions 1859 Darwin's theory of evolution ------------------------------------------------------------------ Publication of his book "The origin of species" 1868 Trader's union congress ---------------------------------------------------------- Created to defend the rights of Labours 1870 The education act ------------------------------------------- Free primary education for all 1872 The ballot act ------------------------------------ The right to vote secretly 1876 Queen Victoria became the Empress of India --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1911 The parliament act ------------------------------------------------ Restriction of the political power of the house of lords 1900 Creation of the Labour party ---------------------------------------------------- 1764 ~ 1768 ----------------------------------------------------------- The Spinning Jenny by James Hargreaves The Spinning frame by Richard Arkwright The Spinning Mule by Samuel Cripton 1787 The Power Loom ----------------------------------- By Edmond Cartwright 1785 The Steam Engine ------------------------------------- By James Watt 1804 The Steam Power Locomotive ------------------------------------------------------ By Richard Trevithick 1870 The First Electric Generator --------------------------------------------------- 1909 The First Public Power Station ------------------------------------------------------- 1879 The light bulb ---------------------------------------------- By Thomas Edison & Josef Swan 1876 The Telephone -------------------------------------- By Alexander Graham Bell 1879 The first electric railroad ----------------------------------------------- In Berlin - Germany 1880 The first electric streetcar ----------------------------------------------- 1901 The Radio Waves ------------------------------------ By Guglielmo Marconi 1878 The Internal combustion engine ---------------------------------------------------------- 1886 The first automobile ----------------------------------------- By Carl Benz 1888 The High-speed engine --------------------------------------------- By Gottlieb Daimler 1896 The Model T ----------------------------- By Henry Ford 1867 The electoral reform act ---------------------------------------------- Right of voting was extended 1837 Victoria became Queen of UK ------------------------------------------------------ 1901 Death of Queen Victoria ---------------------------------------------- 16th C 17th C 18th C 19th C 20th C The Victorian Age (1837-1901) First Industrial Revolution (1760's - 1840's) Second Industrial Revolution (1870's - 1914's)