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1790
the first steam powered mill opens in Great Britain. -
1793
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin,which encourages southern farmers to grow more cotton -
1799
The Rosetta stone, which makes possible the translation of Egyptian hieroglyphics, is discovered in Egypt -
1807
Robert Clermont becomes the first commercially successful steamship -
1807
The British Parliaments bans the slave trade in the British empire -
1808
Congress bans the importation of slaves into the United States -
1814
Sweden and Norway are in the treaty of Kiel -
1824
Gibbons v.Ogden,a case dealing with the power of the federal government to regulate commerce, reaches the Supreme Court -
1825
Nicholas I becomes ruler of Russia -
1831
Nat Turner's rebellion leads to fears of a slave revolt in the South -
1835
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1837
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1844
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1846
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1847
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1851
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1859
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1860