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This city was Russia's capitol city.
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The Seven Years War began and involved Prussia, which was still under the rule of Fredrick the Great and Great Britain. Along with Austria, France and Russia.
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American revolutionaries resist British taxation at Boston Tea Party.
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Declaration of Independence adopted by 13 American states on July 4.
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Treaty of Paris. Britain accepts American independence.
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Delegates met in Philadelphia to revise the articles of the Constitution. Instead they ended up writing a new constitution. This document remains the oldest written constitution still today.
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Thomas Paine publishes The Rights of Man.
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Napoleon Bonaparte assumes power as First Consul of France.