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Economic: Prices on goods, like bread, increase and many people can't afford essential necessities.
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Social: Thomas Newcomen invents the 1st steam engine although it is not very useful.
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Social: Samuel Morse invents the telegraph which allowed messages to be sent over a wire.
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Social: James Watt designs a more efficient steam engine which becomes one of the most important inventions of the Industrial Revolution.
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Military: British Army soldiers kill 5 citizens.
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Military: The Battle of Bunker Hill was the 1st major battlle of the Revolution.
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Political: The Declaration of Independence is signed which declared the 13 colonies free from Great Britain.
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Political: The alliance between the American Colonies and France was finalized.
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Political: Parliament approved the Toleration Act
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Political: Spain declares war on Britain.
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Economic: Harvests basically died due to very severe cold winters and many people went hungry.
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Social: Rights that declared all men "are born and remain free and equal in rights" that were adopted by the National Assembly
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Economic: A meting of the Estates-General is called by Louis XVI to discuss and approve a new tax plan.
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Political Event: The 3rd Estate was locked out of the Estates-General meeting so they met at a tennis court and wrote their own constitution.
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Political: A mob stormed the Bastille, a prison, looking for gunpowder and arms.
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Political: The French Constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution.
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Cultural: The cotton gin is invented by Eli Whitney which is a machine designed to remove cotton from its seed.
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Military: Napoleon invaded Russia.
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Social: Elias Howe invents the sewing machine.
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Cultural: A proclamation issued by president Lincoln giving slaves freedom.