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Michael Pack Identify the top 10 key events of this time period and justify why they are the most important. Be sure that you have a variety of dates from across the globe.

All of these ten events are important because they shaped the future, even to this day, with how everyday people view other people(racism) and offer an explanation of why modern day countries are determined to build and maintain a more industrialized nation. Some other important events are:
 * 1) American Revolution(1775-1783)- inspired many more revolutions based on enlightenment ideas of freedom, equality, and popular sovereignty. Caused national identities to develop that would lead to further conflicts and revolutions.
 * 2) Slave revolt in Saint Dominque(1791)- Leads to other countries outlawing slaver in fear of revolt. Causes many other revolts to bring about equality and freedom.
 * 3) Monroe Doctrine(1823)- proclamation that claimed the Americas as a U.S. protectorate. Showed western power off and the benefits of industrialization.
 * 4) War of 1812-Made Canada a world recognized power and made the U.S. to be recognized as stronger than it's European neighbors.
 * 5) Opium War(1839-1842) and the Treaty of Nanjing(1843)- demonstrated Europe's power over Asia and showed how important military technology is.
 * 6) Karl Marx's Manifesto of the communist Party(1848)- A theory of socialism that proves why capitalism will not hold out like socialism will. A type of Communism.
 * 7) Charles Darwin's The origin of Species(1859)- a theory that proves why white people are superior to all other races and is the foundation of modern day racism.
 * 8) Meiji restoration(1868)-A reform of Japan that industrialized it and made it a powerful nation.
 * 9) Berlin Conference(1884-1885)- A conference that had no Africans present that said that Europeans had a right to take over and colonize Africa. Showed how they felt that they were superior to Africans.
 * 10) Russo-Japanese War(1904-1905)-Transformed Japan into a major imperial power and reinforced how industrialization can make a nation powerful.
 * Seven Years' War(1756-1763)
 * French Revolution(1789)
 * Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen(1789)
 * Declaration of the Rights of Woman and teh Female Citizen(1791)
 * A Vindication of the Rights of Women(1792)
 * Declaration of Independence(1776)
 * Congress of Vienna(1814-1815)
 * Louisiana Purchase(1803)
 * Independence of Haiti(1812-1815)
 * Chinese cholera epidemic(1822-1824)
 * Russo-Turkish war(1828-1829)
 * Origins of utopian socialism
 * Monroe Doctrine(1823)
 * Mexican-American War(1845-1848)
 * Seneca Falls convention(1848)
 * Taiping rebellion(1850-1864)
 * Construction of Suez Canal(1859-1869)
 * Italian unification(1866)
 * German unification(1871)
 * U.S. Civil War(1861-1865)
 * Battle of Little Big Horn(1876)
 * Indian National Congress founded(1885)
 * Sino-Japanese War(1894-1895)
 * Scramble for Africa(1875-1900)
 * Massacre at wounded Knee(1890)
 * Spanish-American War(1898)
 * Construction of Panama Canal(1904-1914)
 * Mexican revolution(1911-1920)