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1700
Massachusetts orders priest to leave the colony. -
1710
The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain. -
1722
Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st north American divinity professor (Harvard). -
1732
1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, St Joseph's, Philadelphia. -
1743
1st US religious journal, The Christian History, published in Boston. -
1751
Pennsylvania Hospital founded by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin. -
1763
Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort. -
1771
The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called "The Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina. -
1782
1st US commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia. -
1792
Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners).