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Timeline of Modern History
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James Watt invents the steam engine and kick-starts the Industrial Revolution
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American War of Independence
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End of American War of Independence
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First Fleet Arrives to Colonise Sydney
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French Revolution
The French Revolution lasted from 1789-92 -
Napoleonic Wars
Lasted from 1794-1815 -
Britain abolishes slavery in the British Empire
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European Revolutions
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Karl Marx writes the ‘Communist Manifesto’
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Australian Unionism & Strikes
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Australian Federation
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World War One
Lasted from 1914-1918 -
Russian Revolution