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c. 1700
 
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Holland and England are now producing the magnificent ocean-going merchant vessels known as East Indiamen     
The East Indiaman Repulse, by Charles Henry Seaforth, 1842


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1700
 
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Charles II, the childless king of Spain. leaves all his territories to Philip of Anjou, a grandson of the French king, Louis XIV        
1700
 
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Poland, Russia and Denmark attack Sweden, beginning the 21-year Northern War     
c. 1700
 
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Peter the Great sets up numerous schools and commercial enterprises to enable Russia to compete in Europe     
Peter the Great (New York Public Library)


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1700
 
     
Boston merchant Samuel Sewall publishes The Selling of Joseph, a very early anti-slavery tract        
1701
 
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The Act of Settlement declares that no Catholic may inherit the English crown