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SSC 103

Lesson 1. Activity 1
1. List down the events that happened in the 19th century.
 1789
In this age, ideas of freedom, liberty and equality, and the belief in the
sovereignty of the people in determining government thundered all across
Europe. The French Revolution resulted in the toppling of the monarchy
of King Louis XVI and the ushering in of the French Republic. Though
France was to slide back to monarchy following the establishment of
Napoleon Bonaparte's French Empire and the restored Bourbon dynasty,
the ideas of philosophers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Montesquieu,
François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire), and Englishman John Locke spread
around the world like a conflagration. The world was never the same
again.
 1861
The year of Rizal's birth, Tsar Alexander II emancipated Russian serfs.
That year, the Italians, under Giuseppe Garibaldi, threw out the Austrians
and took over the papal lands. Italian nationalism ended the domination of
the Church and united the various Italian states as one country.
 1871
Germany, on the other hand, was in the process of unification.
 1861-1865
In the United States, President Abraham Lincoln emancipated the black
slaves but also triggered the American Civil War.
 1820
The Spanish people rose up and held the king hostage. They forced him
to reconvene the Cortes and restore the representation of the colonies.
The restoration of the Cortes was short-lived as France, under the
Bourbons, sent an army which restored Ferdinand to absolute rule and
caused the abolition of the Cortes.
 1833
Ferdinand VII died and the Cortes was again restored. However, at this
time, the body held a secret session in which it was decided that the
Philippines should not be accorded representation. From that time on, the
Philippines had no representation in the Cortes. Representation in this
body was one of the reforms demanded by reformists like Rizal. It would
have given the Filipinos the right to be heard in the body and equal rights
with the Spaniards. After Ferdinand VII died, the country was ruled by his
daughter, Queen Isabella II, whose rule was characterized by decadence
and mismanagement. Other European powers such as Great Britain and
France became leading powers in the continent.
 1839-1842
In Asia, there were renewed efforts of European penetration with the
weakening of Spain and Portugal and the rise of Great Britain and
France. The British gained its colony in Hong Kong and forced China to
open five ports to its traders following China's defeat in the Opium War.
 China was humiliated with another defeat in the Arrow War of 1856-1858 when
the British, now joined by the French, forced China to open the whole country to
foreigners. Furthermore, Great Britain enlarged its colony in Hong Kong by taking
over Kowloon.
 Japan was forced open by the Americans Commodore Matthew Perry in 1854.
Unlike the Chinese, however, the Japanese were able to parry western requests
to make Yokohama a treaty port. India became a crown colony of Great Britain in
1858 following the suppression of the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857.
 1824-1826,1862-1863, and 1885-1886
Burma became a colony of Great Britain after Burmese war. Near the
Philippines, Indo-China became a protectorate of France following the
suppression of the kingdoms of Annam and Cochin China. Filipino troops
from Manila played a role in the conquest of Indo-China for France.
Malaysia became a protectorate and eventually a colony of Great Britain
while Indonesia was conquered by the Dutch of Netherlands.
2. State a trend that they have noticed during the 19th century.
 1789 In this age, ideas of freedom, liberty and equality, and the belief in the
sovereignty of the people in determining government thundered all across
Europe.
 1861 the year of Rizal's birth.
 1871 Germany, on the other hand, was in the process of unification.
 1839-1842 In Asia, there were renewed efforts of European penetration with the
weakening of Spain and Portugal and the rise of Great Britain and France.
 1824-1826,1862-1863, and 1885-1886 Burma became a colony of Great Britain
after Burmese war. Near the Philippines, Indo-China became a protectorate of
France following the suppression of the kingdoms of Annam and Cochin China.
Filipino troops from Manila played a role in the conquest of Indo-China for
France. 

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