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the A....... W.. of I..........., was a global war that began as a conflict between Great Britain and thirteen of its North A....... colonies, which declared independence as the U..... S..... of A..... -
Adam Smith publishes 't.. w..... o. n.....', a fundemental text in classical economics which is the foundation of our modern economic system.
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The I......... R......... was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, improved efficiency of water power, the increasing use of steam power, the development of machine tools and the rise of the factory system. -
The invention of this device is credited with kickstarting the industrial revolution. It was influential in mechanising agricultural and industial processes- replacing human labour and increasing production.
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1,500 convicts, marines, seamen, civil officers and free people on 7 naval ships from ...... arrive in a newly claimed land to start a penal colony. By the 1800s this land mass is referred to as .........
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During the F...... R........ the Guillotine became a feared destination for members of the aristocracy. -
....... and the ...... ...... ban the importation of ...... from Africa. The trans-atlantic ..... trade decimated communities on the west coast of the African continet.
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Sir Stamford Raffles establishes ......... as a new trading port for the ....... in an effort to reduce Dutch trade power in east .... . The port was important in the trade of resources like O....
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Inspired by his travels on the ship the B..... Naturalist ....... ...... publishes his book 'On the ....... of the .......' which described his ground breaking theory of E..........
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The A....... C.... W... was fought in the...... ...... from 1861 to 1865. After a long standing controversy over slavery and state's rights, war broke out in April 1861, when Confederates attacked Fort Sumter shortly after A...... Lincoln was elected. -
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The M.... R......... was an event that restored practical imperial rule to J..... in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. The events restored practical abilities and consolidated the political system under the Emperor and rapid industrialisation and modernisation was undertaken to prevent domination by foreign powers. -
German industrialist K... B... invents the first a......... using an Internal c.......... e.....
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N.. Z....... is the first country in the world to give ..... the right to ....
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On January 1st, six self governing British colonies agree to f....... and form the C........... of A........
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..... ... . also known as the the G.... W.. was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Over nine million combatants and seven million civilians died as a result of the war, a casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents' technological and industrial sophistication, and the tactical stalemate caused by grueling trench warfare