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Thomas Newcomen along with his partner John Calley built the first steam engine. It held its place without material change for 3/4 of a century.
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The beginning of the enlightenment, a period of intellectual curiousity, scientific investigation, and political philosophical debate.
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The out break of the Seven Years' War with Britain and her colonies, which further exacerbates the French debt crisis.
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Agriculture was revolutionized by enclosures and new innovatios which allowed advancements in agricultural technology
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French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes the social contract, which explores the relationship between individual liberties and government powder.
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This dates the end of the French and Indian War which began in May of 1754.
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An incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldier killed 5 male civillians and injured 6 other civillians.
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The historical event known as the Boston Tea Party was a protest by the Sons of Liberty in boston. Disguised American Indians destroyed an entire supply of tea sent by the East India Company in defiance of the American boycott of tea carrying a tax unauthorized by the Americans.
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Congress adopt Declaration of Independence. This is when America gained its independence. It is now known as a holiday (Independence Day or The 4th of July).
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France signs a military alliance with the American revolutionaries and Louis XVI formally declares war on Britain and mobilises the French army and navy.
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Better agricultural methods used in England took effect. Most of the rest of Europe was still medieval in its farming techniques.
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The treaty of Paris brings the American Revolutionary war to a close. Involvement in the war had cost the French government more than 1.8 billion lives.
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The Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783. It ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and one side of the United States.
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Oxen and horses for power, crude wooden plows, all sowing by hand, cultivating by hoe, hay and grain cutting with sickle, and threshing with flail.
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Alessandro Volta inventede the first battery. It was the first practical method of genereating electricity. Alessandro's battery was the first "wet cell battery" that produced a reliable steady current of electricity.
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This was the time period of the Napoleanic Wars which ended on Jun, 18, 1815. The Napoleanic Wars had a large impact on the Industrial Revolution in Britain, the United States, and Europe.
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During the 1820's, the U.S. Cotton Industry began.This would economically benefit the United States during this time.
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In 1833, the goverment of Britain passed a Factory Act that would improve the working conditions for children workers in factories. The act consisted of the following rules:
1. No child works under 9 years of age
2. Employers must habe an age certificate for their child workers
3. Children of 9-13 years are to work no more than 9 hours a day
4. Children of 13-18 years are to work no more than 12 hours a day
5. Children are not to work at night
6. Two hours of schooling each day for children -
John Deere and Leonard Andris begin manufactoring steel plows
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Factory-made agricultural machinery increases farmers' need for cash and encourages commercial farming.
