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American war of independence
On July 4, 1776, the United States Congress approved the Declaration of Independence. Its primary author, Thomas Jefferson, wrote the Declaration as a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War -
Edumd Cartwrieght
he patented the first version of his power loom and set up a factory in Doncaster. He went bankrupt in 1793, which forced him to close his factory. -
french citizen rights
The Representatives of the French people, organized in National Assembly, considering that ignorance, forgetfulness, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole causes of public miseries and the corruption of governments -
Thomas Paine
describes the beginnings of the American Revolution -
Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine. -
British Slavery
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (citation 3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) was an 1833 Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire -
Meiji
The Meiji Restoration Revolution, Reform or Renewal, was a chain of events that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868 -
Franco-Purrisan War
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870.It was a significant conflict pitting the Second French Empire against the Kingdom of Prussia -
Wireless Radio
Guglielmo Marconi's invention of wireless telegraphy makes of particular interest his statement of the nature of his invention, its uses, and other points concerning it. -
Japan Defeats Germany
The Russo-Japanese War was the first great war of the 20th century. It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea.