18th Century Word Chain #1

How well do you know the 18th century?

The chain is created only by the words YOU fill in (NOT those pre-filled in)

Your answers must begin with the last letter of the previous answer and end with the first letter of the next answer.

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Hint	Year	Answer
British Parliament imposed a significant tax on its American colonies	1765	Stamp Act
This musical instrument is built for the first time by B. Cristofori	1709	piano
This empire enjoys the so-called Tulip period (1718-1730) full of peace and prosperity		Ottoman
This British Vice-Admiral-to-be loses his right arm in a battle	1797	Nelson
Modern pizza is invented in this city		Naples
This Scottish economist publishes The Wealth of Nations	1776	Smith
Maria Theresa, mother of Marie Antoinette, becomes the ruler of this empire	1740	Habsburg
This Swedish king seizes power in a coup d'état	1772	Gustav III
This country is reunified after 200 years by the Tay Son brothers	1778	Vietnam
This Sultan and poet, known as 'the Hunchback' is buried in New Mosque	1754	Mahmud I
This khanate in contemporary Mongolia is conquered by the Qing dynasty	1755	Dzungar
This stone with Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Greek and Demotic scripts is found and stolen by the French	1799	Rosetta
James Cook explores and maps the east coast of this contemporary country	1770	Australia
This Founding Father becomes the second US president	1797	Adams
This practice is abolished in Russia by Peter the Great	1723	Slavery
This epidemic kills about 10% of Philadelphia's population	1793	yellow fever
This commander-in-chief and future president successfully leads the Siege of Boston	1776	Washington
This American city is founded by the French	1718	New Orleans
Edward Jenner discovers vaccination against this disease	1790s	smallpox
These wars are fought by the British and Boer settlers against South African people of the same name		Xhosa
This region is discovered by Vitus Bering, a Danish cartographer	1741	Alaska
This English author begins writing her novel Pride and Prejudice	1796	Austen
This era begins by a coup d'état and will last until the Battle of Waterloo	1799	Napoleonic
This temperature scale is proposed by a Swedish physicist of the same name	1742	Celsius

Level 78

Jan 7, 2023

Very fine Quiz! The physicist is named CelSius - correction needed!

Level 70

Jan 7, 2023

Thank you, I've fixed the error now! :)

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