Timeline - 1750 to 1763

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

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