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When the Spanish King Charles II died childless in 1700, he named Philip, the grandson of French King Louis XIV, as his successor. The rest of the European powers, concerned about a French state becoming too powerful, formed the Grand Alliance to oppose the appointment. After over a decade of warfare, and initial successes for the French, the Treaties of Utrecht, Rastatt, and Baden in 1713 and 1714 ended the war with a compromise
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In 1700, the king of Spain Charles II died. He had no heirs, so there was a dispute over who should succeed him as king. This eventually led to a war in which the major European powers participated at one side or the other. Britain fought against France and Spain. The war spread to North America as well in 1702 where British and French fought against each other.
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The Yamasee War was a conflict fought in South Carolina from 1715–1717 between British settlers from the Province of Carolina and the Yamasee and a number of other allied Native American peoples
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The British parliament passed the Iron Act in 1750. This act eliminated the taxes paid by Britain on the iron imported from its American colonies. It also said that the American colonies should not use iron for production and export it in raw form to Britain.
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In 1754, the French and Indian War began. This war was fought between British colonies in North America and the French colonies as well as their allies.
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Prior to the introduction of machines, steam power, and factories, manufacturing was a laborious, manual process, resulting in slow output and high costs. 18th-century Inventions such as the steam engine in 1712, the Flying Shuttle in 1733, the Spinning Jenny in 1764, and the Cotton Gin in 1794, allowed for a quicker, more efficient, and far larger production.
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Following the end of the French and Indian Wars in 1763, the British imposed stricter trade regulations and taxes on the 13 American colonies to help cover the costs. Beginning with protests such as the Boston Tea Party in 1773, the British and Americans were at war two years later. the Revolution officially ended in 1791 with the signing of the new Constitution. -
With tempers rising in France due to growing inequality, poverty, and a collapsing economy, calls for reform throughout the 18th century grew louder. European powers battled with France during the Revolutionary Wars to put a Bourbon back on the throne, in what would become the Napoleonic Wars the following century -
he presidency of George Washington began on April 30, 1789, when Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1797. Washington took office after the 1788–89 presidential election, the nation's first quadrennial presidential election, in which he was elected unanimously. Washington was re-elected unanimously in the 1792 presidential election, and chose to retire after two terms -
The presidency of John Adams, began on March 4, 1797, when John Adams was inaugurated as the second president of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1801. Adams, who had served as vice president under George Washington, took office as president after winning the 1796 presidential election. The only member of the Federalist Party to ever serve as president,
