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164553113Eli WhitneyInvented the cotton gin in 17930
164553114James WattImproved the steam engine in 17691
164553115Robert FultonBuilt the first steamship in 18072
164553116George StephensonBuilt the first steam-powered locomotive in the 1820s3
164553117Charles DarwinDeveloped concept of evolution by means of natural selection4
164553118Adam SmithWrote "The Wealth of Nations" in 1776, promoting capitalism5
164553119Karl MarxGerman economist and philosopher, wrote "The Communist Manifesto" in 1848, promoting socialism and communism6
164553120Rudyard KiplingWrote "White Man's Burden" to describe how white people were obligated to dominate other people7
164553121Robert CliveLed the British East India Company, ridding India of the French8
164553122Matthew PerryArrived in Japan on a steamboat in 1853, sparking9
164553123Muhammed AliDefeated the French and Ottomans when Napoleon tried to conquer Egypt10
164553124Abbas IHalted Muhammed Ali's westernization attempts11
164553125Thomas PaineLed many colonists to support American Revolution, wrote "Common Sense"12
164553126Maximilien RobespierreLed Committee of Public Safety and radical phases of French Revolution13
164553127Napoleon BonaparteBecame emperor of the French in 1804, failed to defeat Great Britain and gone by 181414
164553128Toussaint L'OuvertureLed violent revolution in Haiti15
164571991Simon BolivarTutored on ideals of Rousseau, used knowledge to declare Venequela's independence from Spain16
164571992Jose de San MartinCreole who led revolution for Argentina17
164571993John VIPortuguese king who fled to Brazil upon Napoleon's invasion of Portugal18
164571994PedroJohn VI's son who was left in Brazil after John left, declared independence from Portugal19
164571995Pedro IIRuled Brazil through much of the 1800s, responsible for abolition of slavery in 188820
164571996Miguel HidalgoCreole priest who led revolt in Mexico against Spanish rule21
164571997William IAppointed Otto von Bismarck to prime minister of Prussia, named German emperor22
164571998Otto von BismarckDefeated France (Franco-Prussian War) to create Germany, crowned King William I as emperor23
165022566William IICrowned German emperor in 1888, wanted to put his own mark on Germany, fired Otto von Bismarck24
165022567Alexander IIIssued the Emancipation Edict (abolished serfdom, did little good) among other reforms for Russia25
165022568Nicholas IIOrdered his troops to fire on protestors on Bloody Sunday in 190526
165022569Peter StolypinEstablished as Prime Minister of Russia in 190627

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