March 20, 1751 | Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, Dies |
June 10, 1751 | Paper Money Banned in New England |
January 1, 1752 | Calendar Reform Takes Effect |
October 31, 1753 | George Washington Sent to Demand French Withdrawal from Ohio Territory |
June 19, 1754 | Albany Congress Meets |
July 4, 1754 | Washington Surrenders Fort Necessity |
July 9, 1755 | Braddock's Army Routed at Battle of the Monongahela |
April 2, 1756 | Benjamin Franklin Receives Honorary Degree in Williamsburg |
May 17, 1756 | Britain Declares War on France |
June 29, 1756 | William Pitt Takes Charge of British Government |
February 10, 1758 | Fauquier Named Virginia's Lieutenant Governor |
July 27, 1758 | The Fall of Louisbourg |
September 13, 1759 | The Annus Mirabilis |
September 8, 1760 | France Surrenders Montreal |
October 25, 1760 | The Accession of George III |
February 24, 1761 | James Otis Argues Against Writs of Assistance |
March 25, 1761 | Lord Bute Enters the Cabinet |
October 5, 1762 | Pitt Leaves Office |
November 3, 1762 | The Treaty of Paris |
April 8, 1763 | Bute Resigns |
April 23, 1763 | Publication of North Briton No. 45 |
May 5, 1763 | Pontiac Lays Siege to Fort Detroit |
October 7, 1763 | Royal Proclamation Sets Boundary to Colonial Settlement |
December 1, 1763 | Patrick Henry Argues "Parson's Cause" |
December 7, 1763 | "Paxton Boys" Massacres and March on Philadelphia |