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Yale
The university Yale was founded. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was born on this day. -
Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji erupted. -
Commercial Steam Engine
The English used a steam powered device to pump water out of a mine. This was the first commercially successful engine. -
The New York Slave Revolt of 1712
23 slaves revolted and killed 9 white people and injured 6 more before they were stopped. -
Edward "Blackbeard" Teach Death
The notorious English pirate Edward Teach was hunted and killed in North Carolina. -
Poor Richard's Almanac
The Agricultural handbook "Poor Richard's Almanac" written by Benjamin Franklin was published. -
The First Great Awakening
A series of revivals of that swept through Britain and The Thirteen Colonies -
Daniel Boone born
Daniel Boone was born to a Quaker family in Homestead, Pennsylvania. -
The Stono Rebellion
75 slaves with liberated weapons flee towards Florida(then under spanish rule), but are caught and killed by the South Carolina militia. -
Slave Export
An average of 60,000 slaves are being exported from Africa per year. -
Franklin Academy
Benjamin Franklin founded a new type of secondary school that replace Latin Grammar schools, and offered a variety of subjects -
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French and Indian War
Great Britain and the North American Colonies fight France and the Native Americans over settling in the Ohio River Valley. -
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Seven Years War
The war was fought with France, Austria, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia against Prussia, Hanover, and Great Britain -
Treaty of Paris of 1763
This treaty ended the Seven Years War. -
The Stamp Act
A tax on every piece of printed paper the colonists used. -
The American Revolution
The American colonies revolt to gain their independence from Great Britain. -
The Declaration of Independence
The American colonies fully declare their independence from Great Britain in a formal document.
