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Timeline British History |
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Georgian Britain |
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| 1714 |
George of Hanover,  Germany succeeds
Queen Anne to the Throne |
| 1721 | Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first Prime Minister |
| 1746 | Bonnie Prince Charlie is defeated at the Battle of Culloden |
| 1757 |
First canal in  Britain is
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| 1776 |
America declares independence
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| Industrial Revolution Begins | |
| 1783 | Steam powered cotton mill invented by Sir Richard Arkwright |
| 1788 | First convict ships are sent to Australia |
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Edward Jenner invented a vaccination against small pox |
1800 |
Act of Union with Ireland  |
| The first census. Population
of Britain 8 millionIreland made part of the United Kingdom |
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| Richard Trevithick built the first steam locomotive | |
| 1805 |
Lord Nelson defeats Napoleon at the Battle of Trafalgar |
| 1807 | Abolition of Slave Trade |
| 1815 | Duke of Wellington defeats Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo |
| 1825 | World's first railway opens between Stockton and Darlington |
| Robert Peel set up the Metropolitan Police force | |
| The Poor Law set up workhouses, where people without homes or jobs could live in return for doing unpaid work. | |
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