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Course: World History Project - Origins to the Present > Unit 6
Lesson 1: Era 6 Overview | 6.0WATCH: Era 6 Overview
The “long nineteenth century” is a term that describes the period between about 1750 and 1914 (so, much more than a century!). This period saw rapid changes in the way people lived, worked, travelled, produced things, governed themselves, and connected to each other. Some of these changes were conflicting: for example, the rise of empires and nation-states at the same time, or the rise of ideas about liberty and rights alongside with the development of huge inequalities. Together, though, these transformations practically invented the ‘modern world’.
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I'm a 7th grader, and I used to hate history, but now, I think its super interesting! Ok, so my question is, what actually happened in Senegal? I'm a bit confused, at3:07he starts explaining how it was formed off slavery, but then he talks about gum arabic. He then said "as locals scrambled for profit, they participated in the French Revolution". Are the locals scrambling for profit from slavery, or the gum? Can someone maybe list out the events in Senegal that he talked about in timeline order? I'm very confused.(3 votes)
Here's a timeline from the BBC
8th century - Present-day Senegal is part of the Kingdom of Ghana.
11th century - Tukulor people occupy lower Senegal valley.
12-14th centuries - Rise of the Jolof empire.
1440s - Portuguese traders reach Senegal river estuary.
1588 - Dutch establish slave port on island of Goree.
1659 - French found St-Louis at the mouth of the Senegal river; it becomes a key slave-trading port.
1677 - French take over island of Goree from the Dutch.
1756-63 - Seven Years' War: Britain takes over French posts in Senegal, forms colony of Senegambia. France regains its holdings during American Revolutionary War of 1775-83.
1816 - Britain returns French holdings captured during Napoleonic Wars.
Late 1800s - France extends its influence, gains control of all the territory of Senegal.
1895 - Senegal becomes part of French West Africa.
1914 - Blaise Diagne elected as Senegal's first African deputy to French parliament.
1946 - Senegal becomes part of the French Union.
1956 - National Assembly established.
1958 - Becomes an autonomous republic, as part of the French Community.(6 votes)
How did the standard of living increase if people spent more time working?(4 votes)
they lived in better conditions(1 vote)
- the standardization of society is so weird and interesting like it all started back then and now its even more prominent and makes people feel like there's somethig wrong with them(1 vote)
3:07