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British industrial revolution
The Industrial Revolution in Britain (1760-1840) brought with it innovative mechanisation and profound social changes. This process would see the invention of steam engines which were used in factories in ever-growing urban centres. -
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American revolution
The thirteen colonies of England in North America beat its former metropoli and created the United States of America.
George Washington was its first President and the principles of liberty and equality and other illustrated ideas was the base of the revolutionary movement and a prelude of the French revolution -
Oath of the Horatii
The Oath of the Horatii (in French Le Serment des Horaces) is a work by Jacques-Louis David, painted in 1784, before the French Revolution. The painting measures 330 x 425 cm and is kept in the Louvre Museum. It is considered the paradigm of neoclassical painting. -
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French revolution
According to classical historiography, the French Revolution marks the end of the Modern Age and the beginning of the Contemporary Age by laying the foundations of modern democracy based on representation, which places it at the heart of the 19th century. -
Storming of the Bastille
On July 14, 1789, the people of France took the fortress of the Bastille, beginning one of the most important revolutions in history. Not only because of its political nature, but because of its legacy for the rights of freedom, security and property. -
Volta invents the electric battery
The first electric battery was the so-called voltaic battery, which was made known by Alessandro Volta in 1800 through a letter he sent to the president of the Royal Society of London. It was a series of pairs of discs (stacked) of zinc and copper (or also silver), separated from each other by pieces of cardboard or felt impregnated with brine, which measured about 3 cm in diameter. -
The Coronation of Napoleon
Napoleón Bonaparte was crowned Emperor of France in Notre Dame 's cathedral. During the ceremony, the new Emperor of the French placed the crown on his head before crowning his wife, Empress Josephine, who knelt before him, without waiting to be crowned by the Pope Pío VII -
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The independence of Mexico
The national Independence of Mexico began long before the period 1810 to 1821, when the fundamental political principles of modern citizenship confronted inherited realities. It happened at the same time of other independent movements in South America.
In 1836 Spain recognized Mexico as a new country and finished its domination of its first great province in America.