The document provides a high-level overview of major historical developments and events from the 18th-19th centuries, including the rise of capitalism and free market economies, the industrial revolution, European imperialism in Asia, Africa and the Americas, and independence movements in Latin America and Europe. Key figures and developments mentioned include Adam Smith, the factory system, interchangeable parts, the assembly line, the American and French Revolutions, Napoleon, and leaders of independence movements such as Bolivar and Hidalgo.

1. The Internal Combustion Engine

2. The Airplane

3. Charles Darwin

4. The Factory System: Efficiency (cough), New Products (choke), Big Money (Gag)

5. Interchangeable Parts

6. Assembly Line

7. New Economic and Social Philosophies: No Shortage of Opinions

8. Adam Smith

9. Capitalism

10. Free-market system

11. Laissez-faire capitalism

12. Karl Marx I will never blink

13. Socialism

14. Communism

15. Luddites

16. Capitalism and Enlightenment Combine: Reform Catches On

17. Factory Act of 1883

18. Labor unions

19. Social mobility

20. In Search of Natural Resources: Stealing is cheaper than Dealing

21. The European Justification: Superiority Is a Heavy Burden

22. Social Darwinists

23. Rudyard Kipling

24. “White Man’s Burden”

25. European Imperialism in India

26. British East India Company

27. Robert Clive

28. The Sepoy Mutiny: Too little, Too late

29. Bahadur Shah II

30. Full-Blown British Colonialism: England on the Indus

31. Indian National Congress

32. European Imperialism In China

33. The Opium Wars: European Drug Pushers Force Their Right to Deal

34. Opium War

35. Treaty of Nanjing

36. “Unequal Treaties”

38. White Lotus Rebellions

39. Taiping Rebellion

40. Strengthening Movement

41. Sino-French War

42. Sino-Japanese War

43. Spheres of Influence

44. Open Door Policy

45. The Boxer Rebellion: Knocked Out in the First Round

46. Boxers

47. Sun Yat-sen

48. Japanese Imperialism

49. Commodore Matthew Perry

50. Treaty of Kanagawa

51. The Meiji Restoration: Shogun Out, Emperor In, Westerners Out

52. Russo-Japanese War

53. European Imperialism in Africa

54. The Slave Trade Finally Ends

55. South Africa: Gold Rings, a Diamond Necklace, and a British Crown

56. Boer War

57. African National Congress

58. Egypt: A New Waterway Makes a Splash

59. Muhammed Ali

60. Suez Canal

61. The Berlin Conference: Carving Up the Continent

62. Political Developments in the Americas and Europe

63. Two Revolutions: American and French

64. The American Revolution

65. French and Indian War

66. Seven Years’ War

67. George Grenville

68. Charles Townsend

69. Revenue Act

70. Stamp Act

71. Tea Act

72. Independence Can’t Happen Without a Little Paine

73. Thomas Paine

74. France: More Than Happy to Oblige

75. The French Revolution

76. The Estates General: Generally a Mess

77. National Assembly

78. The Declaration of the Rights of Man

79. A New Constitution Causes Consternation

80. Convention

81. The Reign of Terror: The Hard-Fought Constitution Gets Tossed Aside

82. Committee of Public Safety

83. Maximilien Robespierre

84. Jacobins

85. Directory

86. Napolean: Big Things Come in Small Packages

87. Napoleonic Codes

88. Prince von Metternich

89. Alexander I

90. Duke of Wellington

91. Waterloo

92. Congress of Vienna

93. The Congress of Vienna: Pencils and Erasers at Work

94. Lots of Independence Movements: Latin America

95. Haiti: Slave Revolt Sends France a Jolt

96. Pierre Toussaint L’Ouverture

97. Jacques Dessalines

98. South America: Visions of Grandeur

99. Simon Bolivar

100. Jose de San Martin

101. Brazil: Power to the Pedros

102. John VI

103. Pedro

104. Pedro II

105. Mexico: A Tale of Two Priests

106. Miguel Hidalgo

107. Jose Morelos

108. Treaty of Cordoba