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Reign of
George III
1760-1820

1763
Wilkes Riots

1768
Royal Academy of Arts founded

1769
James Watt patents Steam Engine

1775-1783
War of American Independence

1776
American Declaration of Independence

Adam Smith publishes
Wealth of Nations


George III
The Academicians
of the Royal Academy, 1771-1772

George Washington
Adam Smith 


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