The 18th Century (1700s-1800; some folks call it the "long" 18th century to catch the Regency era (Austen, Burney, the Bridgerton era): an increase of printed materials (newspapers, broadsides, cheap hack writing); social spaces carved out for dedicated public civic discourses (coffee shops, salons); increase of sentimental unions; development of national bank, credit systems, and global market bubbles (South Sea Bubble); slavery
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