Key events 1750-1910

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  • American Declaration of Independence

    American Declaration of Independence

  • Edmund Cartwright Patents a Power Loom

    Edmund Cartwright Patents a Power Loom

  • French Revolution

    French Revolution
    French Declaration of the rights of men and citizens (Which says nothing about slaves or women)

  • Tom Paines The Rights of Men is Published

    Tom Paines The Rights of Men is Published

  • First Steam locomotive is Operating at Pennydarron, Wales

    First Steam locomotive is Operating at Pennydarron, Wales

  • Abolition of slavery in the british empire

    Abolition of slavery in the british empire

  • Restoration in Japan

    Restoration in Japan
    Feudalism is abandoned and capitalism embraced

  • German unifcation after the Franco-Prussian War leading to Germany’s rise as an imperial power

    German unifcation after the Franco-Prussian War leading to Germany’s rise as an imperial power

  • Guglielmo Marconi invents the wireless (radio)

    Guglielmo Marconi invents the wireless (radio)

  • Russo-Japanese War; Japan defeats Russia

    Russo-Japanese War; Japan defeats Russia