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Battle of Pequaket
This was the last battle between the English and the Wabanaki Confederacy in Governor Dummer's War. It was fought due to Native Americans dislike for colonial expansion. -
The First Great Awakening started
was a series of Christian revivals that swept Britain and its Thirteen Colonies. The revival movement permanently affected Protestantism as adherents strove to renew individual holiness and religious devotion. -
The Molasses Act was passed
The Molasses Act imposed a tax of six pence per gallon on imports of molasses from non-English colonies. Parliament created the act largely at the insistence of large plantation owners in the British West Indies. The Act was not passed for the purpose of raising revenue, but rather to regulate trade by making British products cheaper than those from the French West Indies. The Molasses Act greatly affected the significant colonial molasses trade. -
The Province of Georgia switches her stance on slavery
Georgia needed wealth and slaves were a way to make more money on farms and plantations. Ultimately softening the South's view on slavery and giving it momentum up until the Civil War. -
French and Indian War began
The French and Indian pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France, each side supported by military units from the parent country and by American Indian allies. At the start of the war, the French colonies had a population of roughly 60,000 settlers, compared with 2 million in the British colonies.[4] The outnumbered French particularly depended on the Indians. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Pontiac's Rebellion was launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes, primarily from the Great Lakes region, the Illinois Country, and Ohio Country who were dissatisfied with British postwar policies after the British victory in the French and Indian War . Warriors from numerous tribes joined the uprising in an effort to drive British soldiers and settlers out of the region. -
The Sugar Act was passed
The Sugar Act was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. It increased the colonists' concerns about the intent of the British Parliament and helped the growing movement that became the American Revolution.[4] -
Congress approved the written United States Declaration of Independence.
Written by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston, the greatest nation of the United States of America was born. This amazing day also helped fuel the Revolutionary War