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1760 in America
George the third becomes king of great britain lreland and 1.6 million colonists liaing in America -
1860 in America
A newspaper the Boston Gazette publishes " The Liberty Song " possibly America first patriotic song -
1860 in America
Benjamin Franklin invents the first Bifocal lenses for eye glasses -
1860 in America
Henry William stiegel opens his famous American glassmaking works in Manheim Pennsylvania -
1860 in America
British parliament passes the stamp act levying a tax on all newpapers legal documents, pamhlets almanacsand playing cards by reauiring that they be bear a stamp
