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American War of Independence
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American Delclaration of Independents
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Edmund Cartwright patents apower loom
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French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
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The Rights of Man is Published Tom Paine
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The first steam train is operating at Pennydarren wales
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Luddite riots destroy Machines in Factories
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Chartism a working-class movment for male voting and other rights
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George Stephenson begins a ralil service from London to Liverpool
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Abolition of slavery in the British Empire
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Great western is launched in Britiain , first steamship built for ocean voyages
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Meiji Restoration in Japan Feudalism is Abandoned and capitalism embraced
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German unification after the Franco-Prussian War leading to the Germanys rise as an imperial power
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Brooklyn Bridge New York is Opened
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USA wins Spanish American war and takes control of Guam the Philippines, Puerto Rico and for a time Cuba
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Guglielmo Marconi invents the wireless radio
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The first Zeppelin airship is built
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Russo Japanese War Japan defeats Russia
