Question: what major events happened in the late 1700s?
Answer: September 1715 - February 1716. First major 'Jacobite' rising begins. ... 
1718. British convicts start being transported to penal colonies overseas. ... 
October - November 1720. 'South Sea Bubble' bursts and triggers a financial panic. ... 
April 1721. ... 
1723. ... 
11 January 1727. ... 
March - April 1733. ... 
1739.