This course looks at the period of time from around 1700's to 1900's.  It marks the start of the Industrial Revolution and colonisation of places like America and Australia. The topics we will look at include some of the inventions of the Industrial revolution ( like the toilet !) , the rise of crime in England and the consequential shipping off of convicts to Australia, and the growth of Australia as a independant nation including its involvment with World War One.