Imperial thing

By rtonkin
  • Period: to

    History

  • First blast furnaces are used in England

  • James watt invents the steam engine

  • Captain cool first sights east coast of Australia

  • The first fleet arrives in Botany Bay

  • The French Revolution begins

  • Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin

  • The British parliament passed a bill abolishing the trading of slaves in their territories.

  • Freed American slaves found the republic of Liberia in west Africa