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American Revolution
The American Revolution was a political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America. -
William Blake Published Songs of Innocence
Songs of Experience is a poetry collection of 26 poems forming the second part of William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience. -
Mary Wollstonecraft critiques female educational restrictions in A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) is a declaration of the rights of women to equality of education and to civil opportunities. -
Charles and Mary Lambpublish Tales from Shakespeare
The book reduced the archaic English and complicated storyline of Shakespeare to a simple level that children could read and comprehend. -
United States declares war on Great Britian
The United States declared war on Great as a result of numerous disputes between the two countries. -
Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice
The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. -
One of a series of ineffective Factory Acts prohibits employment of children under nine
Cotton Mills and Factories Act prohibited children under the age of nine years from working in cotton mills, and restricted those over the age of nine to a 12 hour day. Enforcement was in the hands of local magistrates. The act owed much to the efforts of Robert Owen. -
Victor HugopublishesThe Huncback of Notre Dame
Victor Hugo finishes writing Notre Dame de Paris, also known as The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Distracted by other projects, Hugo had continually postponed his deadlines for delivering the book to his publishers, but once he sat down to write it, he completed the novel in only four months. -
Charles Darwin serves as naturalist on HMS Beagle during expedition along the coast of Shouth America
During his years aboard the HMS Beagle, Darwin collected specimens and took detailed zoological notes. -
Slavery is abolishedin British Empire
This act gave all slaves in the British Empire their freedom
