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The Manchu overthrow the Ming dynasty of China
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Peter the Great rules Russia; Frederick the Great becomes king of Prussia; expanded territory, strong military
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Seven Years' War ensues, with France, Austria, and Russia clashing against Prussia and England
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James Cook visits regions in the Pacific
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America declares independence from England
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French Revolution begins with the fall of the Bastille in Paris
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As part of the Enlightenment, Thomas Paine publishes The Right of Man
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Napoleon declares himself emperor of France, beginning the Napoleonic Era
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Wars for independence begin in Spanish America
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British Empire at its peak under Queen Victoria 1
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Years of revolution in all Europe
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American Civil war
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Union Pacific Railroad links the East and West coasts of the United States