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The steam engine was perfected by James Watt. It offered a dramatic increase in fuel efficiency.
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The spinning mule was invented by Samuel Crompton. It turns textile fibers into yarn.
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The cotton gin was revolutionary because it seperated cotton fibers from seeds. This job was previously done by hand. Unfortunately, it helped further slavery.
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About nine Latin American countries gained their independence. It happened between the early 1800s and late 1900s.
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A successful war of independence waged by Greek revolutionaries.
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It was a conflict between Great Britian and China. The wars were over the trade of an addictive drug called opium.
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It is a book written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It told the Communist League's purposes and program.
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A widespread civil war in southern China. About 20 million people died.
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The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an allegiance of a bunch of other empires. It began with Napoleon's illegal overthrowing of France's government.
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This process was a cheap way for massive production of steel. It is named after Henry Bessemer, the founder
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Hindu and Muslim soldiers rebelled against the Indian army. The mutiny caused the destruction of the Mughal Empire.
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It is a famous book by Charles Darwin. He attempted to give evidence of evolution.
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More than 23 million serfs received liberty. Sefs were granted the rights of full citizens.
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It was a chain of events that restored imperial rule to Japan. It reshaped Japan's political structure.
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The canal connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. It can be used by any country.
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A political and social movement. It brought together all the different states on the Italian peninsula.
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Princes of German states gathered to proclaim Wilhelm of Prussia as emperor of he German Empire.
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They were actually two wars fought between Britain and two Boer republics. The first war was a successful rebellion by one of the republics, while the other caused a republic to give itself to Brtiain.
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It regulated the colonization of Africa by Europeans. It was a part of heightened European colonial activity.
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It is one of the two major political parties in India. It is the largest and one of the oldest in the world.
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It was a movement by a nationalist group. It was against Christianity and Western ways.
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It was a war between Japan and Russia. Japan wanted to expand, and Russia fought them for it and lost.
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The All India Muslim League was a poltical party that helped make Pakistan a muslim state. It formed Pakistan's first government, but it eventually failed.
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The assembly line was used by Ford Motors to build cars. The parts moved along the line of men, and each ma nhad his own part to do to make the car.
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It is a waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Panama. It was built by the United States in ten years.