APWH Timeline Assignment PERIOD 5: 17501914
Instructions: Take all of the following events, people, and places. For each, find the relevant dates and the
significance. Place everything on one continuous timeline. You must figure out an appropriate scale so that
everything is spaced out EVENLY. Multiple-year events need to be bracketed. Please make a color code
and corresponding key for events by geographical area/political unit. WRITE THE DATE OF THE
EVENT NEXT TO IT ON THE TIMELINE. Supplementary chronology should include a summary (2-3
sentences) of what each event/person is and the importance. Be prepared to be quizzed on the items on the
line...
1. All-India Muslim League founded
2. American Revolution
3. Battle at Omdurman
4. Berlin West Africa Conference
5. Bessemer process developed
6. Boer War
7. Boxer Rebellion
8. Communist Manifesto published
9. Congress of Vienna
10. Cotton gin developed
11. Crimean War
12. Emancipation of Russian serfs
13. French Revolution
14. Haitan Revolution
15. Henry Ford and assembly line
16. Indian National Congress founded
17. James Watt perfects steam engine
18. Meiji restoration
19. Native Lands Act of 1913
20. Opium War
21. Origin of the Species published
22. Panama Canal
23. Reign of King Louis XVI
24. Reign of Napoleon
25. Russo-Japanese war
26. Sepoy Rebellion
27. Simón Bolivar
28. Spinning mule developed
29. Suez Canal
30. Taiping rebellion
31. Toussaint Louverture
32. Unification of Germany
33. Unification of Italy
34. War of Greek independence
35. Wars of independence in Latin America