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The Rule of the Major-Generals in England starts a period of direct military government.
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Admiral Robert Blake of England destroys the pirate fleet of the Bay of Tunis.
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Queen Annes War begins among England, Spain, and France. Blackbeard was hired as a Royal National Guard, but instead he fought the war with England on his own as a privateer.
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The United Kingdom is formed when the act of union unites England, Scotland, and Wales.
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Pennsylvania was the first state to end slavery. It did it by passing an act to gradually get rid of slavery. By 1847 all slaves in Pennsylvania were freed.
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Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I. It is formed when West Africa occupied present day Ghama.
