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French and Indian war begins
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James Watt designs a more efficient steam engine
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American revolution begins
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american declaration of independence from great brittain
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the first fleet arrives in botany bay, beggining brittish settlement in Australia
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outbreak of the french revolution
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Alessandro volta invents the battery
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Industrial revolution
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textile workers smash machinery in factories and mills in the midlands of north england
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george stephenson builds first passenger railway between liverpool and manchester
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publication of the people's charter in Brittain
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Edward hargraves discovers gold near bathurst NSW triggering gold rushes
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Cotton Gin
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the federation of Australia
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The wright brothers invent the first plane
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Henry ford produces his first ford model T automobile
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Titanic sinks killing 1517 people
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world war 1 ends with the defeat of Germany