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Great Northern War
The Great Northern War would last for 21 years. The fighting extended across Northern, Eastern and Central Europe. A coalition of forces opposed the Swedish Empire in Northern Europe and declared war on Sweden. Resulting in a Russian victory and ended by the Treaty of Nystad. -
Battle of Narva
A major Swedish victory over a Russian army outside Narva early in the Great Northern War led by Charles XII of Sewden. -
The Virginia Black Code of 1705
Takes away black's rights to bear arms, marry whites, and have land. Established slavery in VA and took for granted that a black person is a slave and cannot vote. -
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The Religious Great Awakening
Religious movement characterized by emotional preaching (Jonathan Edwards & George Whitefield). The first cultural movement to unite the Thirteen Colonies. Associated with the democratization of religion. -
Molasses Act
A British law that imposed a tax on sugar, molasses, and rum imported from non-British colonies into North American colonies. It was intended to maintain the monopoly of the American sugar market by the West Indies sugarcane growers. It was the least successful of the Navigation Acts, since it was avoided by smuggling. -
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Second Carnatic War
Struggle for power between various Indian claimants to power in southern India, each supported by the French or the British. The First Carnatic War had been a direct conflict between the two European powers, but in the Second Carnatic War both of them officially acted in support of rival local claimants in Hyderabad and the Carnatic. -
Battle of Ambur
First battle of the Second Carnatic War, and saw Anwar-ud-Din, the incumbent Nawab of the Carnatic, defeated and killed by an allied army formed by the new Nizam of Hyderabad, the French, and a claimant to the Nawabship of the Carnatic. -
Spinning Jenny
Invented by James Hargreaves and revolutionized the process of cotton spinning. The machine used eight spindles onto which the thread was spun, so by turning a single wheel, the operator could now spin eight threads at once. -
George Washington
George Washington was elected America's first president. There was some debate about whether the people wanted a king or a president, but Mr. Washington was not interested in being a king. -
Battery is Made
Invented by Alessandro Volta in 1799 and consists of discs of two different metals, such as copper and zinc, separated by cardboard soaked in brine.
