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Seed drill
Jethro Tull -
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War of the Spanish Succession
It was a European conflict of the early 18th century, triggered by the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700. -
Piano
Bartolomeo Cristofori -
Fire extinguisher
French C. Hopffer -
Thermometer
Gabriel Fahrenheit
Invents the Thermometer -
Flying Shuttle
John Kay -
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Carnatic Wars
A series of military conflicts in the middle of the 18th century in India and the conflicts involved numerous nominally independent rulers and their vassals. -
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The French and Indian War
It was the North American chapter of the Seven Years’ War and the name refers to the two main enemies of the British: the royal French forces and the various American Indian forces that allied with them. -
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Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War was a global conflict, it involved every European great power of the time and spanned five continents, affecting Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines. -
Steam engine
James Watt -
Electric telegraph
Georges Louis Lesage -
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The American Revolutionary War
It was known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and only thirteen British colonies on the North American continent. -
David Bushnell
David Bushnell invents a submarine. -
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George Washington
The first president of the United States -
The cotton gin.
Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin -
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John Quincy Adams
Second President of the United States