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1700s-1800s
1752 Britian and British colonies switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calender -
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French and Indian War; Final conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America. The British win a decisive victory over the French on the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec. -
1700s-1800s
Boston Tea Party; Group of colonial patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians board three ships to Boston harbor and dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against the British tea tax. -
1700s-1800s
George Washington is unanimously elected president of the United States in a vote by state electors
