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(1740-1748), contesting Habsburg succession and reshaping Central Europe.
* Seven Years' War (1756-1763), the first truly global conflict, spanning Europe, North America (known in the US as the French and Indian War), India and the Caribbean.
* Onset of the Industrial Revolution (c. 1760), beginning in Britain with mechanization of textile production and development of the steam engine.
* American Revolution

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