18th century outline
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Created by:
bsbdesja on May 10, 2009
Subjects:
history, 18th century, history dates, 1700s
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 1715 | date of death of Louis XIV |
| 1815 | date of battle of Waterloo |
| 1688 | date of Glorious Revolution |
| 1789 | date of the start of the French Revolution |
| 1776 | Washington crosses the Delaware |
| 1714 | George I becomes king |
| 1721 | Robert Walpole becomes first prime minister of Britain |
| 1729-1735 | John and Charles Wesley begin Methodism movement |
| 1730-1760 | First Great Awakening takes place in Britain |
| 1745 | Second Jacobite Rebellion started by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland |
| 1750 | peak of the little ice age |
| 1756-1763 | Seven Year's War |
| 1760 | George III becomes king |
| 1769-1770 | Captain James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia |
| 1775-1783 | American War of Independence |
| 1776 | Continental Congress ratifies the United States Declaration of Independence |
| 1789 | George Washington elected President of the United States |
| 1799 | Napoleon staged a coup d'etat and became dictator of France |
| 1709 | The first piano was built |
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