Overview of the period 1750 - 1914 in world history.

1. Period 4: 1750 – 1914: A Modern World? -Revolutions… AP World History Richard Smart Oakland Mills High School (Adapted from World History for Us All)

2. World Population, 400 BCE - 2000 CE

3. The Modern Revolution meant powerful economic growth in the world as a whole. World Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Dollars as valued in 1990

4. Percentage of World GDP Western Europe and North America vs. Asia The Modern Revolution shifted the world’s economic center.

5. And more of the world was colonized than ever before.

6. The Industrial Revolution Fossil fuel energy in production and transportation

7. Railroad Steamboat Transatlantic cable Newspaper The Communication Revolution

8. Political Revolutions United States 1776 Venezuela 1811 Haiti 1791 France 1789