<span>Started with extreme militarization. Once, they started adopting the life of western civilizations and embracing it they very quickly became a leading country in the world.</span>
<span>Amendment XVII. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures.</span><span>
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The steam engine.
James Watt (1736 – 1819) improved Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine. Wat designed his own steam engine in 1776, with a separate condenser that eluded waste of energy, improving the power and efficiency of steam engines. It became key to the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain and all around of the world.