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james watt invented a more efficient steam engine
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-american decimation of independence nationalism
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captain cook dies
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first fleet arrives in Botany Bay
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outbreak of the French revolution
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alessandro Volta invents battery that can store electrical current-more inventions
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the slave traded in the middle passage
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textile workers smash machinery in factories
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textile workers smash machinery in factories
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publication of the peoples charter in Brittan demanding political reform
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the gold rush begins