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James Watt constructs a productive steam engine.
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The Declaration announced the separation of America from Great Britain.
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The First Fleet arrived in 1788, dropping their anchor on the 26th of January marking Australia Day. The fleet consisted of 11 vessels and the journey from England to Australia outstretched for 8 months.
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The French Revolution resulted due to high taxes and food prices generating dissatisfied opinions towards French rulers.
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During the Industrial Revolution, factories began to install machines. Workers decided to destroy these machines, worried that they would replace them causing them to loose a wage that was greatly needed to support their families.
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Between Liverpool and Manchester, George Stephenson constructed the first Passenger Railway.
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The Australian Gold Rush enticed people from all around the world to migrate to Australia in search of the precious mineral.
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Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the first "acoustic telegraph" but also known as the telephone.
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The first automobile consisted of an internal combustion engine used by Karl Benz.
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All Colonies; Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia Tasmania, Western Australia anad Northern Terrority join together as one nation.
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Invented by the Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur.
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The largest passenger steamship of it's time, the Titantic was four days into it's voyage when it tragically collided with an iceberg submerging the vessel leaving 1517 people dead.
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The first World War War, declared by Germany on Russia and France, used advanced weapons and warfare such as machine guns, chemical warfare, aircraft and tanks.
The assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne and tension between the European powers triggered the 4 year long war but causes of the "Great War" is still disputed between historians.
