Period 5: 1750-1900 CE (Orange)

As soon as upper classes began advocating for workers' rights and social rights reforms started todo appear in societies. Among these reforms was the reform of abolishing the trading of slaves, which was now seen as inhumane according to the ideas presented by Enlightenment thinkers.
This is a turning point in history of great importance because it was the first time that slavery, which has existed since the beginning of civilizations, was widely seen as something unacceptable.

Latin America was able to gain independence from its longtime oppressors, Spain and Portugal, with the help of some Creole sympathizers, Miguel Hidalgo andes José de San Martín, among some others, José Morelos and Simón Bolívar.
These intertwined revolutions are important because they completely transformed Latin America from a main source of raw materials to a small time producing continent and would now allow the US to be more involved as an imperial power, in its own way, in Latin and Central America.

The battle in which Austria, Britain, and Russia joined forces to halt Napolean's attempt at returning from exile to regain posee. As a result of Napolean's defeat, Napolean was exiled to the island of St. Helen, where he would later die.
This battle is important because it not only caused France to be restablized, but also put measures in place that would prevent another Napolean from rising.

The doctrine that President Monroe declared in his State of the Union Address that prohibited European aggression from reaching the Western Hemisphere.
This doctrine is important because its shows the alternative method in which the US approached imperialism between 1750 and 1900.

This act was passed by the British Parliament that limited workday hours, restricted the use of child labor in factories, and required factories to improve working conditions.
This act is important in history because it was one of the first signs of reforms in acknowledgement of the consequences of the Industrial Revolution.

The Communist Manifesto presented the ideas that the working class would revolt , which would result in the workers controlling the means of production, and that all instruments of power were against the workers, making them untrustworthy.
This book is important because it would act as the foundation for communism in later years.

The arrival of Commodore Perry in Japan would lead to Japan being forced to sign the Treaty of Kanagawa. This treaty would greatly favor the United States and other powerful, industrialized countries both politically and economically. Commodore Perry's landing in Japan was important because this intrusion would also trigger the Meiji Restoration that would allow Japan to rise out of China's shadow through industrialization and adopting western ways.

The Sepoys, Indians who worked for the British East Indian Company, rebelled once they discovered that their cartridges were greased with pork and beef fat. These cartridges had to be bitten to be properly loaded, but the fats used violated both Hindu and Muslim dietary laws.
This event is important because it resulted in the British parliament seizing control of India from the East India Company and made India a crown colony.

The invention of the lightbulb would make working conditions for factory workers even worse because workers were now forced to work all day and night.
The lightbulb is important because production was able to boom with longer work hours and conditions became more dangerous.

The invention of the maxim gun made imperialistic efforts led by Europeans much more deadly and efficient.
The maxim gun is an important invention from the Orange period because the maxim gun allowed for an easier method for imperialism, which gave nations more colonies that would increase industrial production and grow the available markets across the globe.

The war in which the French prevailed over the Chinese and gained control oficial Vietnam, which would become French Indochina.
This war is important to this time period because israelíes it showcases the crumbling of China's Manchu Dynasty that would lead to the first republic in China being established.

The formation of the Indian National Congress allowed India to further its slow movement towards independence, but British customs were still being adapted into society.
The formation of this congress was important because it gave Indians a greater say in how India was maintained rather than allowing the British to rule the colony without a suggestion of acting in the interests of those living in India.

This change in the social norms of Chinese society showed an apparent loss of the Confucian teachings that had been used since the early dynasties of China.
The end of foot binding in Chinese society was important because marked the spread of westernization as women were then need to be mobile and work in factories.