United Kingdom 1700-1800

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    History of United Kingdom

    History of United Kingdom

  • Death of William III and replaced by Anne.

  • Duke captures Bonn and invades Spanish Netherlands

  • Marlborough wins the battle of Blenheim.

  • Act of Union between England and Scotland.

  • Marlborough defeats French at Battle of Oudenarde

  • First copyright laws established in Britain.

  • Dismissal of Marlborough as Commander in Chief.

  • Treaty of Utrecht's effect on Americans.

  • King George I starts Hanoverian line of monarchy

  • Britain declares war on Spain.

  • Death of Duke of Marlborough

  • Marriage of a Prussian Princess to the Prince of Wales

  • King George II becomes King

  • Treaty of Seville formally ends Spanish British War

  • John Kay invents the flying shuttle

  • Prime Minister Robert Walpole resigns

  • The Seven Years War against France begins

  • General Wolfe captures Quebec but is killed.

  • The Seven Years War ends

  • James Watt patents an improved steam engine

  • The Stock Exchange is founded

  • The Industrial Revolution begins

  • Gas light is invented

  • Jenner invents vaccination against smallpox

  • Income tax is introduced to pay for the war against France