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Industrial Revolution
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The Golden Age of Piracy
The Golden Age of Piracy is when piracy was realing flurshoring but this winning streak didnt last long because everything was moving away from wooden ships -
Watt Steam Engine
James Watt designs a more effiecient steam engine. The engine had improved upon the lastest steam engine in few ways. -
Early Railway
William Murdoch a scottish inventor built a prototype of a steam powered train or "locomotive". John Finch then built a working model of the steam train. -
Luddites
Luddites were around the industrial revolution when machines were going to take everyones jobs. The luddites would smash machinery to stop this from happening. -
Flare Gun
Flare gun was created as a single shot gun to indicate a distressed soilder but is now used for boatmen and anyone in distress. -
Edward Hargraves Discovers Gold
Edward Hargraves discovers gold near bathurst, New South Wales, Triggering several gold rushes around Australia. -
American Civil War
A civil war is when two forces of the same country are fighting against each other. In the American Civil War the main cause was slavery because some people thought it was evil and some people thought it was okay. -
First Semi-Automatic Pistol
The first semi-automatic pistol was the Mauser-C96 with had a detachable woodenstock that could double as a holster. It fired 7.63mm rounds. The pistol was used notably in the South African War of 1899-1902 -
The First Sucsessful Machine Gun
The first sucsessful machine gun was The Puckle Gun, it was created by a London Lawer called James Puckle. It fired 25.4 calibers. It was able to fire 9 rounds before it was need to be reloaded. -
First Powered and Man Carriying Flight Achieved
Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright achieve the first controlled, powered and man carrying flight. Orville was the the first to pilot the machine. -
First Model T Automobile
Henry Ford produced his first Ford Model T Automobile. It had a 2.9 L Engine with Four Strokes. -
Titanic Sinks
The said indestructable ship hits an iceberg in the atlantic ocean and sinks killing 1517 people.
