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Queen Anne's War.
Queen Anne's War: French and Native American forces conduct the Raid on Deerfield. -
Slave Revolt.
New York slave revolt results in six suicides and twenty-one executions. -
Theater
The first theater in the colonies to open for business in Williamsburg, Virginia, when contract is signed to build theater. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin buys an interest in the Pennsylvania Gazette, founded one year earlier by Samuel Keimer. -
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King George's War.
First battle of King George's War begins with raid by New French against the British port of Canso. Four year conflict against northern British colonies takes heavy toll after battles in Maine, at Fort Massachusetts, and in Saratoga, New York. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod after earlier in the year proving that lightning was electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. -
French and Indian War.
French and Indian War ends with peace treaty that cedes Canada and the American midwest to English. This signals and effectively tightens the control of Great Britain's colonial administration of North America. -
The Sugar Act.
The Sugar Act places a duty on various commodities, including lumber, food, molasses, and rum in the British colonies. -
The Boston Massacre.
The Boston Massacre occurs when British troops fire into a Boston mob, who were demonstrating against British troops at the customs commission. -
Boston Tea Party.
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American Revolution.
The American Revolution begins with battle of Lexington and Concord. -
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George Washington
He becomes President -
Declaration of independence.
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North Carolina.
Becomes the twelfth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. -
Eli Whitney
Invented the cotton gin. -
Edward Jenner.
Creates smallpox vaccine. -
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John Adams
He becomes the President after George Washington -
United States.
The United States Library of Congress is founded.
