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| - | The '''18th century''' lasted from [[1701]] to [[1800]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], in accordance with the [[Anno Domini]]/[[Common Era]] numbering system. | + | The '''French and Indian War''' is the common [[United States|U.S.]] name for the war between [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] and [[Early Modern France|France]] in [[North America]] from 1754 to 1763. In 1756 the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the [[Seven Years' War]] and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war. |
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| - | However, Western historians may sometimes specifically define the 18th [[century]] otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as [[1715]]–[[1789]], denoting the period of time between the death of [[Louis XIV of France]] and the start of the [[French Revolution]] with an emphasis on directly interconnected events. | + | |
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| - | To historians who expand the century to include larger historical movements, the "long" 18th century may run from the [[Glorious Revolution]] of [[1688]] to the [[battle of Waterloo]] in [[1815]] or even later. During the 18th century, the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] culminated in the [[French Revolution|French]] and [[American Revolution|American revolutions]]. Philosophy and science increased in prominence. Philosophers were dreaming about a better age without the Christian fundamentalism of earlier centuries. This dream turned into a nightmare during the [[Reign of Terror|terror]] of [[Maximilien Robespierre]] in the early 1790s. At first, the monarchies of Europe embraced enlightenment ideals, but with the French revolution, they were on the side of the counterrevolution. | + | |
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| - | [[Great Britain]] became a major power worldwide with the [[French and Indian War|defeat of France in the Americas]] in the 1760s and [[Company rule in India|the conquest of large parts of India]]. However, Britain lost much of her North American colonies after the American revolution. The [[industrial revolution]] started in Britain around the 1770s. Despite its modest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radically change human society and the geology of the surface of the earth. | + | |
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| - | = Culture = | + | |
| - | *[[Enlightenment]], an 18th century counterculture | + | |
| - | *[[European exploitation|the roots of European exploitation]] | + | |
| - | *[[Orientalism]] | + | |
| - | *[[Venus in the 18th century]] | + | |
| - | == art== | + | |
| - | :''[[18th century art]]'' | + | |
| - | == Literature == | + | |
| - | :''[[18th century literature]]'' | + | |
| - | == Philosophy== | + | |
| - | :''[[18th century philosophy]]'' | + | |
| - | == Architecture== | + | |
| - | :''[[18th century architecture]]'' | + | |
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| - | ==Films about the 18th century== | + | |
| - | Two films about the 18th century in Europe are ''[[Ridicule (film)|Ridicule]]'' (1996) and ''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]'' (1988). | + | |
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| - | ==Eighteenth century== | + | |
| - | :[[1800]] - [[1799]] - [[1798]] - [[1797]] - [[1796]] - [[1795]] - [[1794]] - [[1793]] - [[1792]] - [[1791]] | + | |
| - | :[[1790]] - [[1789]] - [[1788]] - [[1787]] - [[1786]] - [[1785]] - [[1784]] - [[1783]] - [[1782]] - [[1781]] | + | |
| - | :[[1780]] - [[1779]] - [[1778]] - [[1777]] - [[1776]] - [[1775]] - [[1774]] - [[1773]] - [[1772]] - [[1771]] | + | |
| - | :[[1770]] - [[1769]] - [[1768]] - [[1767]] - [[1766]] - [[1765]] - [[1764]] - [[1763]] - [[1762]] - [[1761]] | + | |
| - | :[[1760]] - [[1759]] - [[1758]] - [[1757]] - [[1756]] - [[1755]] - [[1754]] - [[1753]] - [[1752]] - [[1751]] | + | |
| - | :[[1750]] - [[1749]] - [[1748]] - [[1747]] - [[1746]] - [[1745]] - [[1744]] - [[1743]] - [[1742]] - [[1741]] | + | |
| - | :[[1740]] - [[1739]] - [[1738]] - [[1737]] - [[1736]] - [[1735]] - [[1734]] - [[1733]] - [[1732]] - [[1731]] | + | |
| - | :[[1730]] - [[1729]] - [[1728]] - [[1727]] - [[1726]] - [[1725]] - [[1724]] - [[1723]] - [[1722]] - [[1721]] | + | |
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| - | :[[1710]] - [[1709]] - [[1708]] - [[1707]] - [[1706]] - [[1705]] - [[1704]] - [[1703]] - [[1702]] - [[1701]] | + | |
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The French and Indian War is the common U.S. name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. In 1756 the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War and thus came to be regarded as the North American theater of that war.
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