1700 – 1800: Great Britain, industry and empire

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8 stories from this era

1. 1702–1714Queen Anne and the 1707 Act of Unionabout 2 min1 question
2. 1714–1742A king from Germany, and the first Prime Ministerabout 2 min1 question
3. 1745–1746The last rising: Bonnie Prince Charlie and Cullodenabout 2 min2 questions
4. 18th centuryThe Enlightenment: Scotland's great thinkersabout 3 min1 question
5. 18th–19th centuriesThe Industrial Revolution: the world's first industrial nationabout 4 min2 questions
6. 1760s–1783Losing America: American independenceabout 2 min
7. 1770s–1810sTrade and colonies: even the curry house dates from this timeabout 3 min2 questions
8. 18th century–1833The slave trade and the fight to end itabout 3 min1 question

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