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the first steam powered mill opens in Great Britain.
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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin,which encourages southern farmers to grow more cotton
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The Rosetta stone, which makes possible the translation of Egyptian hieroglyphics, is discovered in Egypt
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Robert Clermont becomes the first commercially successful steamship
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The British Parliaments bans the slave trade in the British empire
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Congress bans the importation of slaves into the United States
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Sweden and Norway are in the treaty of Kiel
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Gibbons v.Ogden,a case dealing with the power of the federal government to regulate commerce, reaches the Supreme Court
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Nicholas I becomes ruler of Russia
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Nat Turner's rebellion leads to fears of a slave revolt in the South
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