Major world events in the early 1700s?

September 1st, 2008 | by admin |
World Events
ashleymoore7 asked:


From 1700 until around 1750.

I just need a couple of important things to list for a project :)
I haven’t taken World History is so long, and I’m having trouble finding the right information.

Thanks!

Jesse

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  1. 2 Responses to “Major world events in the early 1700s?”

  2. By KURT A on Sep 4, 2008 | Reply

    maybe the molassas act (1740’s) and the curency act (1751)
    you should also do the zenger case. very interesting and the source of the term “zinger”

  3. By E Prime on Sep 8, 2008 | Reply

    Major Events…

    1700
    The Great Northern War (ends 1721)

    King Charles II of Spain dies, setting the stage for the War of the Spanish Succession.

    1701
    23 May Captain William Kidd was hanged in London after he was convicted of piracy and murder.

    24 July - Antoine Laumet de la Mothe Cadillac founded a French settlement between Lakes St. Clair and Erie. Located beside some straits, Cadillac appropriately named the settlement Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit, since “detroit” is French for straits.

    Act of Settlement in Britain. This settlement establishes the Hanoverian Monarchy.

    War of Spanish Succession (ends 1713)

    1703
    Treaty of Methuen signed by Britain and Portugal.

    Prince Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg crowns himself Frederick I “King of Prussia”.

    1704
    Battle of Blenheim

    1705
    Turkish Authority overthrown in Tunis

    1707
    Act of Union, Scotland and England become one country.

    Death of Aurangzeb leads to the disintegration of the Mughal Empire.

    1710
    Mark Catsby begins his tour of America. He found many theraputic plants while on this tour.

    1712
    The First Industrial Revolution begins when Newcomen’s Steam Engine is installed at the Dudley Castle Coal Mine.

    Frederick II is born

    1713
    The Pragmactic Sanction by Charles VI, allowing Maria Theresa to become the Monarch of Austria.

    Treaty of Utrecht ending the war of the Spanish Succession.

    Asentio Treaty signed by Britain and Spain. This treaty begins the most active period of the British slave trade.

    25 February - King Friedrich I dies and his son Friedrich Wilhelm becomes King of Prussia.

    1714
    George I of Hanover became King of England

    Rastatt, this is a supplement to the Treaty of Utrecht signed by Austria and France.

    1715
    The First Jacobite uprising

    The French take Mauritius

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