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Events relating to north america
George Washington kills ten French troops at Fort Duquesne, in the first violent clash of the French and Indian war
Benjamin Franklin proposes to the Albany Congress that the colonies should unite to form a colonial government
The British colonies negotiate with the Iroquois at the Albany Congress, in the face of the French threat in the Ohio valley
A British force under Edward Braddock lands in America to provide support against the French in the Ohio valley
The first Conestoga wagons are acquired by George Washington for an expedition through the Alleghenies
The army led by Edward Braddock and George Washington is ambushed at Fort Duquesne and Braddock is killed
The French in America, under the marquis of Montcalm, begin two highly successful years of campaigning against the British
British general James Wolfe sails up the St Lawrence river with 15,000 men to besiege Quebec
Wolfe defeats Montcalm and captures Quebec, but both commanders die in the engagement
George Washington, the future president, inherits Mount Vernon from his half-brother Lawrence
In the treaty of Paris France cedes to Britain all its territory north of the Great Lakes and east of the Mississippi river, except the district of New Orleans
In the treaty of Paris, Spain cedes Florida to Britain, completing British possession of the entire east coast of north America
Pontiac, an Ottawa chief, leads an uprising of the Indian tribes in an attempt to drive the British east of the Appalachians
Britain passes the Sugar Act, levying duty on sugar, wine and textiles imported into America
Britain passes the Stamp Act, taxing legal documents and newspapers in the American colonies
American campaigners against the Stamp Act organize themselves as the Sons of Liberty in Massachusetts and New York
Britain repeals the Stamp Act, in a major reversal of policy achieved by resistance in the American colonies
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon complete a four-year survey to establish the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland
The British Chancellor, Charles Townshend, passes a series of acts taxing all glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported into the American colonies
Franciscan missionary Junipero Serra begins work at San Diego de Cala, the first of his nine California missions
The triangular trade, controlled from Liverpool, ships millions of Africans across the Atlantic as slaves
British troops fire into an unruly crowd in Boston, Massachusetts, killing five
In response to American protests, the British government removes the Townshend duties on all commodities with the exception of tea
27-year-old Thomas Jefferson begins constructing a mansion on a hilltop in Charlottesville, calling it Monticello ('little mountain')
Some fifty colonists, disguised as Indians, tip a valuable cargo of tea into Boston harbour as a protest against British tax
