1750-1918 timeline

Captain James Cook was an explorer. He made three trips to the Pacific ocean. while travelling around he mapped many areas such as islands and costliness on European maps. Cook was notable for finding the east coast of Australia.

The Triangular Trade, refers to trade across the Atlantic ocean between the three regions. The ships carried, slaves, crops and manufactured goods between West Africa, the Caribbean and the American colonies. They used African slaves for the importance of colonial cash crops which were taken to europe which traded european goods for more african slaves

The industrial revolution was when there was a major change in how things were made. This is when factories and machines made most things and they are made more cheaply in large quantities.

Woollarawarre Bennelong was an indigenous Australian man of the Eora people. He was living in the Port Jackson area when the British came to Australia in 1788. He became a unofficial ambassador between the Eora and the British, both in Sydney and later in United Kingdom.

The American revolution was between Great Britain and the original 13 British colonies in North America.