POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS

Date 2 December 1804

Event Napoleon makes himself Emperor of France marks "the instantiation of modern empire" Napoleon wanted to show his control to its full extent Swiss Federal ratified: the Confederation now consists of 22 contiguous cantons Period of restoration of the Ancien Rgime, reverting the changes imposed by Napoleon Bonaparte Border between Canada and U.S. agreed upon Rush-Bagot Treaty demilitarized the Great Lakes and defined the border between the US and Canada at the 49th parallel Treaty of London settles dispute between the Dutch and their former Belgian subjects Treaty of London derives its significance from Article 7, which bound Britain to guard the neutrality of Belgium in the event of the latter's invasion Texas and Florida become states of the U.S. Texas is the only state to enter the US by TREATY October 13 of the same year, a majority of voters in the Republic [of Texas] approved a proposed constitution that specifically endorsed slavery and the slave trade. March 3, 1845, Florida became the 2 7th state of the United States of America Economic prosperity combined with Florida's sudden elevation brought a brief period of intense land development before the Great Depression brought it all to a halt. First U.S. womens rights convention meets in Seneca Falls, New York Sparked by the politicization of women in the abolition movement, long-standing discussions of equality among New York State reformers, and an emerging determination among the first women's rights activists to redress gender inequality.

7 August 1815

16 April 1818

19 April 1839

3 March1845

19-20 July 1848

20 March 1854

Republican Party formed in U.S. Established to oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories. The party was strongly influenced in its early years towards the idea of liberal capitalism, in opposition to the monopoly capitalism of the National Republican wing of the Whig party. Outbreak of Civil War Primarily due to economic differences between the North and South, the extension of slavery, and the election of Abraham Lincoln. Triple Alliance between Italy, Austria, and Germany The Triple Alliance brought Italy into the alliance previously agreed between Germany and AustriaHungary (in 1879) as a counterweight to France and Russia. One of the chief aims: to prevent Italy from declaring war against Austria-Hungary End of China-Japan war Treaty of Shimonoseki is the agreement that concluded the first Sino-Japanese War (189495), which ended in Chinas defeat. By the terms of the treaty, China was obliged to recognize the independence of Korea, over which it had traditionally held suzerainty; to cede Taiwan, the Pescadores Islands, and the Liaodong (south Manchurian) Peninsula to Japan; to pay an indemnity of 200,000,000 taels to Japan; and to open the ports of Shashi, Chongqing, Suzhou, and Hangzhou to Japanese trade. U.S declares war on Spain over Cuba United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The Spanish were quickly defeated, and Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders gained fame in Cuba. Meanwhile, Commodore George Dewey's fleet crushed the Spanish in the faraway Philippines.

12 April 1861

20 May 1882

17 April 1895

25 April 1898

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