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| 1732 |
| | Georgia is granted to a group of British philanthropists, to give a new start in life to debtors | |
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| 1754 |
| | George Washington kills ten French troops at Fort Duquesne, in the first violent clash of the French and Indian war | |
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| 1754 |
| | The British colonies negotiate with the Iroquois at the Albany Congress, in the face of the French threat in the Ohio valley | |
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| 1755 |
| | A British force under Edward Braddock lands in America to provide support against the French in the Ohio valley | |
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| 1755 |
| | The army led by Edward Braddock and George Washington is ambushed at Fort Duquesne and Braddock is killed | |
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| 1756 |
| | The French in America, under the marquis of Montcalm, begin two highly successful years of campaigning against the British | |
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| 1763 |
| | In the treaty of Paris France cedes to Britain all its territory north of the Great Lakes and east of the Mississippi river, except the district of New Orleans | |
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| 1763 |
| | In the treaty of Paris, Spain cedes Florida to Britain, completing British possession of the entire east coast of north America | |
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| 1763 |
| | Pontiac, an Ottawa chief, leads an uprising of the Indian tribes in an attempt to drive the British east of the Appalachians | |
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| 1764 |
| | Britain passes the Sugar Act, levying duty on sugar, wine and textiles imported into America | |
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