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Events relating to america
Quaker minister John Woolman publishes the first part of Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes, an essay denouncing slavery
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
William Pitt the Elder becomes secretary of state and transforms the British war effort against France in America
British general James Wolfe sails up the St Lawrence river with 15,000 men to besiege Quebec
The Portuguese expel the Jesuits from Brazil, beginning a widespread reaction against the order in Catholic Europe
Wolfe defeats Montcalm and captures Quebec, but both commanders die in the engagement
John Harrison's fourth chronometer is only five seconds out at the end of a test journey from England to Jamaica
George Washington, the future president, inherits Mount Vernon from his half-brother Lawrence
The capital of the Portuguese colony of Brazil is moved from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro
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
American artist Benjamin West settles in London, where he becomes famous for his large-scale history scenes
A French expedition from St Malo, founding a colony on East Falkland, name the islands Les Îsles Malouines
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
