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1689-King James II of England{James 7-Scotland} Deposed, He fled the Country, precipitating the Jacobite Rebellions. 1689, 1716, 1745-46, OTL. - James took refuge in France, along with several hundreds of his followers.

1690- William III & Mary become King & Queen of Britain

27-July-1689- First Jacobite Uprising, Battle of Killiecrankie, English forces defeated by Scottish Jacobites.

1696- Peter I -captures The Fortress at Azov gaining control of the Azov Sea. And access to the Black Sea.

01-Jan-1700- Russia replaces the Byzantine Calender, with the Julian calender.

22- Feb-1700-Northern war starts. [otl 1700-21]

20-Nov-1700-King Charles XII, Sweden, defeats the Russians at Narva.

18-Jan-1701-Fredrick III, Elector of Brandenburg, becomes King of Prussia.

19-Jan-1701-Philip V makes his ceremonial entry into Madrid.

23-May-1701-New York Sea Cap't William Kidd Hanged on the Bank of the Thames, after being found guilty of piracy & murder.

06-Sept-1701- King James II/VII dies, His son James Francis Stuart [James VIII] Becomes legitimate King of Scotland, In the eyes of the Jacobites .

08-Nov-1701- William Penn Granted a Charter of Privileges.

08-Mar-1702- William III, dies after falling off his horse, his sister in Law, Anne Stuart becomes Queen.

1702- Queen Anne's War. {war of the Spanish Succession}begins.

1704- Britain seizes Gibraltar.

1705- Yodoya Tatsugora, Japanese Merchant dies, 5th generation Silk Trader & Rice Merchant. Claiming that it was Unbecoming for a Non-Noble to be so Wealthy, The Shogunate confiscated his Fortune. The Shogun was one of Many Gov't officials that owed him large amounts of money.

1706- Thomas Twinings opens a Tea Shop.

April-1707- English & Scottish Parliaments accept Act of Union.

01-May 1707- Great Britain Formed by union of England, Scotland, & Wales.

1707- Frederick, Prince of Wales Born.

03-Sept-1709- First Major group of German & Swiss colonists reach the Carolinas.

1711- Ottomans Regain Azov

23-Aug-1711- A British attemp to invade Canada by sea Fails.

1712- England levees a tax on Soap, with the declaration that it was a Frivolous luxury of the Aristocrats.

1713- Queen Anne's War ends with Treaty of Utrecht. Andrew Robinson Builds the first New England Schooner.

Treaty of Utrecht-Americas-England received & France recognized British control of Hudson Bay, Newfoundland, & Acadia {renamed Nova Scotia}. France retained Quebec, St Lawrence Islands, Cape Breton Island, & Newfoundland fishing Rites. Britain Officially Recognized Spanish Rite to close it's colonial ports to foreign {ie non Spanish} shipping. Spain Cedes 2.5 squ mile Gibraltar in Perpetutity to Britian

1714-Queen Anne Dies, Throne offered to George of Hanover. In France, Dom Perignon invents Champagne.

1715- population est.-England 5 million, Scotland 1.7 million, British NA 350 thousand, French NA 30 thousand

20-July-1715-The Riot Act goes in effect in England.

22-Oct-1715-POD-James VIII lands in Scotland to rally his forces.

13-Nov-1715- Defeat of the Jacobites at the Battle of Sheriffmuir *James captured. John Campbell,2nd Duke of Argyll Killed.
This ATL Battle is much worst that OTL, More a complete defeat like '45's Culloden

In OTL Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll was in charge of Enforcing The measures actually passed in London (e.g. a"Disarming Act", by which the highland clans should have laid down their arms). These were ineffectual, because not properly enforced or deliberately circumvented. In TTL the laws are more like the post '45 laws.

24-Nov-1715 the Thames River Freezes over at London.

22-Dec-1715-OTL James lands in Scotland.

04-Feb-1716-OTL-James returns to France. ATL James VIII pretender to the Throne of Scotland, Executed in the Tower of London. {consensus on Alt.hist board that George would waste no time removing his rival}.

1716-"Bobbing John" Erskine, the Earl of Mar Appointed to enforce English {Hanover} Rule in Scotland.

ATL The Earl rigorously enforces the Laws, With a policy of clearing the Highlands. Over the next decade, thousands of suspected Jacobites are transported [1717 transport law] to Nova Scotia to dilute the large French Catholic population. Thousands more flee on their own, with several whole Clans ending up in the southern Carolinas. The population of Scotland is ~ 1.7 million with 25% Highlanders. By 1750 the pop would be 1.1 million with only ~100,000 Highlanders. {this is only ~15,000/yr}

1717- First Scots transportees arrive in America .

1718- The initial shipment of American ginseng (sent from Canada) arrived in China (Canton).

15-May-1718- James Puckle Patents the worlds first Machine gun

Jan-Aug-1720- Speculators in London bid up the price of the South Sea Company, with a Monopoly on trade with South America and the Pacific. In Aug. the Bubble burst, Stock prices dropped 98.5 %. It would take 100 years for the Market to recover.

1720- England passes a Law prohibiting the emigration of skilled Craftsmen, or the export of Machinery, models, or plans. Unfortunately this ignores the thousands of Scots being forcefully emigrated .

20-Dec-1720- Charles Stuart Not Born-

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26-April-1721- First Smallpox Vaccination in England

1722-Jean Perri McDonald born in France.

24-Dec-1724- B Franklin arrives in London.

28-Jan-1725-Peter [the Great] Romanov, Czar of Russia. Dies.

20-Feb-1725- New Hampshire Militia men partake in the first recorded Scalping of Indians. 10 sleeping Indians are scalped by whites for the bounty.

25-April-1725-Mir Mahmud of Afghanistan escapes assassination attempt. [OTL he was Killed]

20-Mar-1727-Sir Isaac Newton dies.

17-May-1727- Catherine I Empress of Russia Dies.

11-Oct-1727- George II, England Crowned.

1727- First coffee trees planted in Brazil. Ist Published Recipe for "English Katchop"

1729-Opium banned in China.

1730-Cuckoo Clock invented in Germany, worlds first futures market opened in Japan. German Gun makers in Pennsylvania began producing the "Kentucky Rifle" City of Baltimore Founded. First Synagogue "Sherith Israel" NYC . 1st eyeglasses with rigid side peices called temples.

United States of the Americas [part three]

1731- The Spanish seize the Brig Rebecca, captained by Robert Jenkins. For Smuggling. Jenkins loses both his Cargo & one of his ears, cut off by the Spanish. Ben Franklin opens first US Circulating library. Sextant Invented. PM Robert Walpole, is the first PM too Move into, #10 Downing Street.

1731-French build Fort Vincennes [Indiana]

22-Feb-1732-George Washington born.

Feb-1732- First Mass is celebrated in the only Catholic Church in the Colonies.

29-May-1732- Quebec Court upholds Canadian's Rite to keep Indian Slaves.

30-July 1732- First US Freemason Lodge opens.

02-Sept-1732- Pope Clement XII renews anti Jewish laws. *Hundreds emigrate to America. Most to NY. This is illegal but, there isn't any real attempt to enforce the Law.

19-Dec-1732- "First Poor Richards Almanack"

1732- Fort Louisbourg established on Cape Breton Island.

1732- By 1732 the black slave population of South Carolina numbered about 32,000 as compared to approximately 30,000 whites, [OTL 15,000].
Slavery at this time in South Carolina was driven by rice cultivation. Rice seed imported from Madagascar was grown and harvested by black slaves from rice growing zones of Africa. Thus the early success in rice production in North America was possible due to a skilled, slave labor force.

1732- Cobalt Discovered. [Little Nelly in a Faint, fell into a vat of Cobalt Paint, No one knew what to do, as Little Nelly was quite blue.]

01-Feb-1733- August II, The Strong, King of Lithuania & Poland Died. He was survived by his 355 children.

12 -Feb-1733-Colony of Georgia Founded by James Oglethorpe. * When the Founders arrive, they find lots of Scots living in what is now Northern Georgia {was Southern Carolina}.

1733- Town of Savannah Founded, Based on a grid of Streets around six large Squares, 60 years later it would be the model for the new Capital.

06-May-1733- First international boxing match. Bob Whittaker beat Tito Di Darni.

17-May-1733-Molasses Act" http://www.multied.com/documents/MOLASSES.html

1733-Reading Pennsylvania, Founded as a Iron producer. John Kay patented the fly-shuttle, which quickened the weaving of cloth, thus mechanizing weaving - while the generation of thread through spinning remained a cottage industry.

1734-Great Awakening begins.

26-May-1734-Battle of Ackia, British & Chickasaw Indians defeat French & Choctaw Indians. Opening up northwestern Mississippi to British settlement. [in OTL this didn't happen till 1736, the increased population is starting to butterfly]

04-Aug-1735- NY Pressman John Zenger is Acquitted of Seditious Libel, against the Royal Governor of NY, Due to What he Published being true.

May-1736- Fredrick, Prince of Wales Marries Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

1736-Samuel Baldwin of Hampshire, England has himself buried at sea. He does this so his wife can't carry out her threat, to dance on his grave. Russo- Ottoman War.. Nadir Shah of Persia revolts against Mir Mahmud. Carolus Linnaeus publishes his system of Nature.

1737- First Colonial Copper Coins. Philadelphia Establish's the first City paid police force.

1738- Cap't Jenkins testifies before parliament. Bottle opener invented. Nadir Shah captures Kandahar [Afghanistan] *JP McDonald becomes French midshipman. Excavation of Herculaneum a Roman city buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD begins.

04-June-1738- George III son of Prince Fredrick, Born. In OTL He becomes King in 1760.

1739-George Whitefield begins touring the colonies, Preaching the Great Awaking. Russo-Turkish war ends. Russia recaptures Azov, & Moldavia.

March-1739-Nadir Shah occupies Delhi, take procession of the Peacock Throne.

1739-'42- war of Jenkins Ear -OTL-Hostilities were limited to a few sea skirmishes. And lead into the War of the Austrian Succession.

22-Nov-1739- British occupy Portobello, Panama.

March-1740- Spanish Troops from Fort Augustine Raid Savanna, burning the town, and killing several dozen people. Nadir Shah returns to Persia with the Peacock Throne. Treaty Belgrade. Russia gains Azov & Crimea Peninsula. Austria gains Moldavia

01-Aug-1740- First public performance of "Rule Britannia"

Oct-1740-Charles V dies.

20-Oct-1740-Maria Theresa becomes ruler of Austria, Hungary, & Bohemia. Her claim is ignored by Bavaria, Saxony & Poland, and Spain, igniting a European war. War of the Austrian Succession .

1740-1744- The Great Frost, The last gasp of the little ice age. Extraordinary cold temps cause major crop failures world wide. First Irish Famine IOTL 12~16% of the population dies. [240,000~320,000]. ITTL they migrate to America [same as OTL only more so]. Lots of this is in [catholic] Maryland.

United States of the Americas [part Four]

1741-Several Regiments of Hanover [actually from all over Germany] Troops {in effect Mercenaries, think Hessians in ARW} establish a line of Forts along the Florida Border. British troops occupy Spanish Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

1741- Royal Court in London settles Delaware border dispute [MD vs PA] in Marysland's Favor.

12-Jan-1741- Vitus Bering, Danish mariner working for Russia, takes on Supplies in Mexico.

04-Mar-1741-British occupy Cartagena, Columbia.

15-June-1741 Bering and Ship disappears off the Alaskan Coast. There is no record of His taking formal procession of Alaska.
[In OTL he landed and Claimed Alaska for Russia.]

07-Dec-1741- Elisabeth Petrovna becomes Czarina.

28-May-1742- 1st indoor swimming pool opened in London.

07-July-1742- A Spanish force invading Georgia ran headlong into the Colonies defenders, a handful of British & Spanish Troops along with their Colonial support, faced each other along the shore and decided the fate of two Colonies. [ In OTL this was the last major attempt by the Spanish to contest the English in Georgia]

28-July 1742-British [Hanoverian] & Colonial Support troops Take & Hold St Augustine.

01-Dec-1742-Empress Elisabeth orders the expulsion of all Jews from Russia. *Thousands flee to America most settling in NY & Philadelphia .

1743- Sweden wins it's war with Russia retaining southeast Finland. [Lake Ladoga]. Kitchup is Declared a Kitchen Staple in a British Housekeepers Guide, Fish, Mushroom, & Walnut are the three main Ketchups. Celsius invents his thermometer.

1744- in Arabia Muhammad Ibn Saud, forges a political and family alliance with Muhammad Ibn Adb Al Wahhab. Due to this within 50 years the Sauds would control the entire peninsula.

1744-'48-King Georges War- American part of the WAS .

04-Apr-1744- Sarah Inglish was arrested For stealing a cloak, & three linen aprons, from a home she was babysitting. Sentenced to transportation.

11-May-1744- Elizabeth Robinson and 2 others were arrested for stealing 104 imported China oranges for reselling, Sentenced to Transportation, She was Pregnant and gave Birth during the Voyage.

12-Aug-1744- Jack Campbell Captain of the Justicia, sold Sarah Inglish, Elizabeth Robinson, and others as Slaves in Charleston, SC.

08-Jan-1745-England, Austria, Saxony, & the Netherlands form a alliance against the France, Prussia, & Russia.

18-Feb-1745-OTL- The Bonnie Prince forces occupy Inverness, Scotland. In this ATL he was never born. The Highlands are almost empty, due to the greater enforcement of the anti Jacobite laws. Think of OTL's Highland Clearances in the 1790's.

11-May-1745- French Forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army at Fontenoy.

14-may 1745- La Vigilante, a 64 Gun French Ship carrying Supplies is captured by the English Navy at Louisbourg. * Jean Perrie MacDonald, Commanding.

22-May-1745- Americans capture Fort Louisbourg. 4000 Colonial troops, from NE, NY, & PA, Under the Command of NE Merchant, Samuel Pepperil ,take part. [Pepperil would become the first American to be Knighted a Baron]
Under the Surrender terms the Garrison, & the entire population of Louisbourg is loaded on transports and landed in Brest, France.* Jean Perrie overhears a conversation between the fort commander and the mayor of Louisbourg, They are planning to Blame the lost Fort on him & the capture of his Ship. He decides that this is a good time to emigrate.

04-June-1745 Frederick the Great Defeats the Austrians and the Saxons.

22-Sept-1745- 2 regiments of British troops arrive in NY City. [As there is no Scottish uprising, the British can spare more troops for reinforcing NA]

Nov-1745-French Troops with their Indian Allies attack Saratoga, & Albany, * The newly arrived British troops
defeat them. The French withdraw. [In OTL the French burned both towns, and chased the settlers out of the Lake area]

25-Dec-1745- Prussia & Austria sign The Treaty of Dresden.

17-May-1746- French attack Portland, Massachusetts, Burning the city to the ground , and slaughtering the inhabitants.

14-Aug-1746 -3 regiments of Troops Arrive in Boston, and with a regiment of Massachusetts militia, set out to take revenge.

02-Sept-1746- 2 regiments of Virginia Militia Take the French Fort Vincennes. This gives the English access to the Ohio Valley.

September-1746- French begins construction of a new fortress south of St. Frederic. Located on a point of land at the mouth of the stream from lake George, Fort Carillon. The British begin construction of a fort at the head of the stream from Lake George, Fort William Henry.

21-Sept-1746-France occupies Madras, India & Labourdonnais, Mauritius.

October-1746- NY Lake Area- A series of Skirmishes and Engagements know Collectively as the "Battle of Lake George", ends with a significant win against the French forces by the British.

November-1746- A relative quiet settles, as both sides go into winter quarters.

31-Jan-1747- The first VD Clinic opens at London Dock Hospital.

02-Feb-1747- The short Period of relative calm come to a end. Rogers Rangers attack a party of French scouting on sleighs. They are promptly pursed by a larger party of French soldiers. Overtaken in a ravine near Fort Carillon, a pitched battle is fought, Major Rogers is wounded, but the French lose a third of their Force.

March-1747- a French force of 1100 regulars and 400 Indians set out from Quebec, to assault Fort Henry, they arrive in area on the 18th planning to Surprise the fort. A Scouting party of Rangers sees their fires and warns the Fort. The next morning the French are stunned when their Surprise attack is greeted by cannon fire. {Surprise}. They then burn the outbuildings, and declare Victory, while leaving.

09-April-1747- Simon Fraser, 12 Baron Lovat, Becomes the last man to be officially Beheaded in England.

May-1747- The French Return- Amassing a Force of 6,000 Regulars & 2,000 Indians, some from as far away as the Mississippi, at Fort Carillon. The French Defeat, and massacre the British, and Colonial Troops at Fort Henry.

[this is as French-Indian War, But the addition of 2 million more Americans, in TTL is starting to affect things by speeding up the westward settlements, In OTL this attack in 1757, was suppose to be the start of pushing the British out of New France, Instead it marked the Zenith of French power in NA. It will be the same in TTL]

02-July-1747- French Forces Victorious over a Anglo- Dutch force lead by Duke of Cumberland.

10-July 1747- Afghan forces under Amad Shah Abdali Revolt, following a failed assassination attempt against Abdali.

16-Sept-1747- French capture Bergen-Op-Zoom, completing their occupation of Flanders.

August-1747- A British expeditionary force of 15,000 men [6,000 British, 9,000 Colonial] with 1100 vessels, moves to attack Fort Carillon to avenge the Fort Henry massacre. The French knowing the British were coming had withdrawn to Fort Fredric, and Quebec. Leaving only 400 Troops to destroy the Fortress. The French withdraw before the attack leaving a cannon with a lit fuse pointing at the powder magazine.

September-1747- The British start to rebuild the Fort which is renamed Ticonderoga. The Army moves north against Fort Fredric, but once again the French withdraw, to several forts along the St. Lawrence, at Quebec.

October-1747- Believing they don't have the Troops to Attack Quebec, The British move north along the St. Lawrence, Burning out any French settlements except those around Forts rite on the river. [this is that strip between Maine and the St. Lawrence in OTL]

27-Oct-1747- French occupy Brussels.

November-1747- British Troops arrive back in Portland. This ends the Fighting in TTL King George's War.

Dec-1747- 1747- Britain occupies Cape Town, Africa.

1747- Prussia issues a Patent for Extracting Sugar from Beets.

13-May-1748- French Occupy Amsterdam.

July-1748- Parliament sets aside 235,749 #s, to reimburse the colonies for war debts.

17-Oct-1748- Treaty of Brussels, Brought the War of Austrian Succession [King George's War in NA] to a end, and upheld the Pragmatic Succession. It also froze the Status Quo, In Place. France keeps the Netherlands, Madras, & Mauritius. England Keeps Louisbourg, with the French-English Border being the St Lawrence & Ohio Rivers. England also gets all the rest of India, and Cape Town.

[In OTL the treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle returned every thing to the 1740 Status Quo. The returning of Louisbourg, was one of the first strains leading to 1776].

November-1748- The House of Burgess finishes Codification of Virginia's laws.

1748- Jame Lind discovers that Citrus Fruit prevents Scurvy.

May-1749- The Board of Trade in England Recommends that ten of Virginia's laws be vetoed.

19-May-1749- King George II Granted a Charter to the Ohio Company to settle the Ohio valley.

02-Nov-1749- The English Ohio Trade Company formed it's first trade post. *at Fort Vincennes .

26-Nov-1749- The Georgia Company legalized Slavery.

1749- while in Debtor prison John Clevand writes Fanny Hill. Published following his release. Immeditally the Church of England had him arrested and returned to prison for "Corrupting the Kings subjects"

Jan-1750- Virginia house of Burgess passes bill protesting the Board of Trades Interference in Virginia's affairs.

1750- 1st Shakespeare Play [Richard III] in NYC, Slavery legal in all 15 colonies, Ben Franklin plays with kites, First Modern Shoe Factory-Lynn, Massachusetts, US Population [OTL 1.8 million], Eddystone lighthouse built, first African Slaves arrive in Uruguay. England passes the Iron Act forbidding the production of Iron in the Colonies. In OTL this just lead to the stopping of the large Iron Mills,

1750 -Britain splits Florida into East & West,[OTL 1763], Nadir Shah retakes Kabul, thousands of Afghan tribesmen flee north, many more are massacred , as Nadir Shah attempts to prevent another future rebellion, Tamerlane Method.
ATL population 3.2 million, French take control of the Dutch East Indies & Cape Hope. England Passes the Iron Act, Forbidding Iron production in the Colonies. But it's to late While the Big Iron Mills Close, Hundred of small iron mills spring up in response. By 1760 their output would exceed 1750's. And By 1770 all the Larger mills would be reopened. British East India Company has Virtual control of India, Except for French Madras, & Portuguese Goa.

The Disparity in Per capita income between the richest & poorest countries is about 5-1, between west Europe and India about 1.5-1, by 1998 this would be 400-1 r/p

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map of British NA 1750

Boo Hoo

Four days Four Postings [by me] a detailed TL & A Map, 101 veiwings, and no-one want to talk about it
What else do I need to do. I Know that ever popular POP QUIZ
Given my POD ?is my Highland Clearance result possible? I Don't expect probable, but
?Did you see the Poland's AugustII the Strong? 355 kids, ?When did he have time to Goverern?
? Do any of You know any other "Little Nellies"? ?Can You post them in the Chat page?
06-May-1733- First international boxing match. Bob Whittaker beat Tito Di Darni. ?Did You ever wonder how some of the early Champs, Whould do today?
? Is my rate of change reasonable? Time is a mighty river, and it takes a while for the butterflies to change it's channel.
1721: Sweden defeats Russia and Retains its Baltic territories (Estonia and Livonia) . This is 6 years after the pod , given a different battle With Smoke and air movements, = different weather, different ships with different people sailing to various places in the Baltics, ?is six years soon enuff for the butterflies to get from Scotland to Sweden & Russia.?
1732- By 1732 the black slave population of South Carolina numbered about 32,000 as compared to approximately 30,000 whites, [OTL 15,000].
This make the ratio close to 1;1 instead of OTLs 2;1. Is my rate of Growth reasonable given my POD and explict butterflies? What difference will this equal ratio make to race relations? I know where I want it to go, But..
Fish, Mushroom, & Walnut are the three main Ketchups. ? do you want some fish catchup on those fries?

United States of the Americas [part Five]

1750-Rebellion in Banten against Ratu Sarifa and the VOC. The rebels threaten Batavia and Lampung.
Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC);

1751-VOC forces Backed by French Naval vessels destroy the Banten rebellion; guerilla attacks continue against VOC plantations around Batavia.

VOC extends control over Lampung

1751- First sheep in the Highlands [Due to TTL's retaliation after 1718 the Highland are already cleared, close to A million Scots have fled to America .] Aug- English Troops occupy Arcot, India. George Washington, accomplices his Sick Brother to Barbados, there George gets Smallpox, and has to remain while recovering.

1751- Port Halifax founded [IOTL Fort Halifax was built in 1749, to counter the French at Louisbourg, as in TTL the British have Fort Louisbourg (22 years, 6.5 mill 1700's $$, to build) there is no need for it]. Jean Perrie MacDonald Marries Mary Robinson [daughter of Andrew Robinson] and becomes a partner in the Robinson Ship Yard in Boston. First enlistments for the Hanoverian troops in Georgia and Florida start expiring. As most of these were second and third sons, They stay and take up Farms. They have also been sending letters home encouraging relatives to join them.
Some of the British Troops in New England reach the end of their enlistments. British officials in Acadia,[Southern Nova Scotia-Northern Massachusetts, The Border isn't fixed] worried about the French Catholics, encourage the troops to settle in this area. The officials don't realize that, within several years they will be joining local Militias, along side their "Cajun" Neighbors.

06-Mar-1751-Prince Frederick is playing cricket with his Family when he is hit in the Chest with a Ball, Breaking several Ribs.

20-Mar-1751- Prince Frederick is reported to be well on the way to recovery.
IOTL He was hit in the head leading to a misdiagnosed concussion. He died on March 20.

April 1751- Virginia's House of Burgesses passes a bill questioning Parliaments rite to interfere in Colonial Govt

31-Aug-1751- British Troops occupy Arcot, India.

1752- Ben Franklin Invents his Lighting Rod, Liberty bell arrives in Philadelphia, Sept- Gregorian adjustment was put in effect, jan 1 adopted as new year day, sept 2 was followed by sept 14, Nationwide riots over the Govt stealing 11 days.

1752- George Washington stopped off in Florida on his way home, toured several small citrus farms. Nadir Shah captures Ahmad Shah Abdali. Afghan Revolt over . Persian Empire now reaches from Mesopotamia to the Indus. The Discharged Hanoverian Troops start joining Colonial Militias, around their new Farms. French troops on Borneo put down a small native uprising.

11-Jan 1753- Sir Hans Slone dies at the age of 92, Leaves his Collection of 50,000 Books to the Nation, The British Govt also buys his Collection of Curiosities, Creating the Foundation of the British Museum, and the British Library.

17-May-1753- 1st official St Patrick's day celebration.

1753- Smallpox out break in NA, Boston records 38% infection rates, G Washington delivers a warning to the French Forces at Fort Le Boeuf against farther expansion in the Ohio valley, He also leads a survey party looking for potential sites for English Forts. Dr Lind reports, about fresh fruits preventing Scurvy. B. Franklin appointed Postmaster General for the Colonies.

1753- Nadir Shah 1688-1753 Dies, his Son Abbas III, becomes first inheritor of the Peacock Throne. He sends a peace envoy to the Ottomans to settle their border. He also starts trying to stabilize his Empire, by encouraging Persians to settle in Afghanistan & north Pakistan, where his father cleared the population.

1753- Russia Bans Capital Punishment, Replaces it with Exile to Siberia.

04-Jan-1754- Kings College [Columbia University] founded NYC.

09-May -1754- First American political cartoon. Showed a snake cut into pieces representing the colonies, Caption read "Join or Die" Col. George Washington lead Virginia militia, defeating the French at Fort Pitt.

14-June-1754- Albany conference- Ben Franklin Writes the "Albany Plan". *In TTL there are delegates from NS, Jamaica, Tobago, Bermuda, & the Bahamas. [OTL Ben Franklin had Franchise newspapers in these Colonies, and they all carried Ben's columns.] In TTL they agree to meet again in March, 1755, Philadelphia.
http://www.usconstitution.net/albany.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1751-1775/7yearswar/albany.htm

03-July-1754- George Washington Surrenders Fort Necessary [small Circular Stockade with no Gate,] in southwest Pennsylvania . IOTL this is considered the Start Date.

09-July-1754- French capture Fort Vincennes, Giving them Control of the Ohio Valley, and starting the French and Indian War.

1754- Thomas Chippendale publishes the first English book about Furniture Designs. Royal Danish Academy of fine Arts established

12-Jan-1755- Tsarina Elisabeth establishes the first University in Russia.

20-Feb-1755- General Braddock arrives from England to assume Command of British Troops in America. These include Virginia Militia under Col. G Washington.

02-Mar-1755- First Albany Congress meets in Philadelphia, Not one of the Colonies liked the Albany plan and all the Delegates have Ideas on how to rewrite it. The Delegates also discuss how to coordinate their Militias in response to the War.

12-Mar-1755- The first steam engine in America is installed to pump water from a coal mine.

17-Mar-1755- the Transylvania land Co. bought Kentucky for $50,000 from the Cherokee.

15-Apr-1755- Word arrives from London that King George II also, doesn't like the Albany Plan.

27-Apr-1775- Albany Congress Adjourns Permanently.
The new plan they had agreed on simply called for three Delegates from each Colony, with one vote per colony, and a elected President. With a Governor-General executive, to be nominated by the Congress and appointed by the King. [think Articles of Confederation, only weaker, But its a start]

14-June-1755- Dr Johnson's Dictionary Published.

16-June-1755- OTL- British in Acadia Worried about French support began expelling the Acadians. In TTL due to increased British [Scottish] Population in the colony, they never decide to do this. In TTL there never will be Cajun Food or Music. {you win some, you lose some, in all TLs}.

08-July-1755- Britain and France break off diplomatic relations.

09-July-1755- French & Indian troops Ambush Gen. Braddock's forces on their way to attack Fort Duquesne.
The British troops are decimated when he refuses to accept Washington's advise on Indian Fighting. Braddock is Wounded, and Washington leads a retreat back to Fort Necessary.

13-July-1755- Gen. Braddock Dies, Washington leads the Troops back to Virginia.

24-Oct-1755- A British expedition against the French at Fort Niagara ends in Failure.

01-Nov-1755- Lisbon, Portugal is destroyed by a massive Earthquake & Tsunami, killing 90,000 people.

02-Dec-1755- The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.

1755-The last dodo bird specimen was burned at Harvard. * In south Georgia and Florida, where there is a growing German influence, Several Farms have started using slaves, except these are Farms, not OTL's Plantations. As such they use the Farmhand Model, where there is a House for the Farmer & Family, and another House [or two] for the Farmhands, & their Families. With the Farmers & Family, working along side the Help at planting, or harvest time. {This is the System for most small Family Farms today}. While in The Carolinas, Virginia, & Marysland, The Plantation system still reigns supreme, even here Some small Farmers in the western Mountains, are adopting the "Georgia System".
French Troops put down a native war on Sumatra.

United States of the Americas [part six]

1755-The last dodo bird specimen was burned at Harvard. * In south Georgia and Florida, where there is a growing German influence, Several Farms have started using slaves, except these are Farms, not OTL's Plantations. As such they use the Farmhand Model, where there is a House for the Farmer & Family, and another House [or two] for the Farmhands, & their Families. With the Farmers & Family, working along side the Help at planting, or harvest time. {This is the System for most small Family Farms today}. While in The Carolinas, Virginia, & Marysland, The Plantation system still reigns supreme, even here Some small Farmers in the western Mountains, are adopting the "Georgia System".
French Troops put down a native war on Sumatra.

17-Mar-1756- First St. Patrick Day celebration in NYC.

17-May-1756- Britain declares war on France. 7 years War begins. Great Britain, Prussia, & Hanover vs France, Spain, Russia, Austria, Saxony, & Sweden.

18-May-1756- England Declares war on France.

20-June-1756- Indian rebels defeat the British Army at Calcutta. 146 soldiers are imprisoned in one cell. Most of them died, in the "Black hole of Calcutta".

2-July-1756- Indian rebels defeat the French at Madras, India.

14-Aug-1756- French General Louis Montcalm Captures Fort Oswego, NE.

31-Aug-1756- French capture Fort Ticonderoga.

06-Dec-1756- British troops under Robert Clive occupy Fulta, India.

1756- VOC makes agreements with local chieftains on Timor.

1757- William Pitt becomes Prime Minister, escalates the war in the Colonies.

02-Jan-1757- British troops occupy Calcutta.

28-Jan-1757- Abbas III occupies Delhi.

04-Mar-1757- First Continental Congress Meets, Ben Franklin elected President. Samuel Adams Nominated as Governor-General. Jamaica & Tobago, don't send delegates, but West Florida does.

14- Mar-1757- John Byng, British Admiral, executed by firing squad , for neglect of duty.

06-Apr-1757- A British Army consisting of 1500 English & 3000 Virginia, 1000 Marysland Militia, under
the command of Lord Howe, [Father of OTL's ARW Howe] captures Fort Vincennes in the Ohio Valley.
In London George II fires Prime Minister William Pitt Sr. *Pitt supported the Unification of the Colonies.

15-Apr-1757- Continental Congress Adjourned. Most of the session was spent in planning the coordination of the militias.

30-Apr-1757- Abbas III leaves Delhi, With his Loot.

07 Apr-1757- British occupy Delhi.

19-June- 1757- Second Coming of Christ occurs. [Church of the New Jerusalem]

23-June-1757- Robert Clive Defeats the Indians at Plassey, winning control of Bengal. Clive would go on to serve two terms as Governor of Bengal.

01-July-1757- Robinson's Ship Yard under Jean Perrie MacDonald signs a contract to build six, 16-Gun Sloops for the British Navy. This is the largest contract for Naval Vessels to be Built out side of Britain. NE Shipyards have been building Naval Vessels one a one time basis since 1725.

August- 1757- Franklin sails for London, He would send the next 20 years there. Acting as colonial agent, lobbyist, and unofficial Ambassador, for Pennsylvania . And eventually for Georgia, NJ, & Mass. * In TTL He is the unofficial Ambassador, for the Continental Congress.

02-Jan-1758-French begin Bombardment of Madras.

15-Jan-1758-French reoccupy Madras.

15-Mar-1758- Second Session Continental Congress. Samuel Adams elected President. East Fla sends Delegates.

17-Apr-1758- Frances Williams become first “Afro-American” to Graduate from University.

08-May-1758- British-American force under Gen. Howe recaptures Fort Ticonderoga. His Army includes troops from VA, MD, PA, & NJ. Including a young lieutenant -Daniel Boone.

13-June-1758- General Howe recaptures Fort Oswego. The English Have now retaken everything the French took in 1757.

23- June-1758- French army defeats a British-Hanoverian army at the Battle of Krefeld, in Germany.

26-June-1758- British General John Forbes Captures Fort Duquesne. unfortunately the French Burnt the Fort and retreated before his arrival. He starts to rebuild the Fort, Renaming it Fort Pitt. [Pittsburgh] this is OTL I've just changed the dates.

26-July-1758- British Battle Fleet under Gen. James Wolfe arrives at Fort Louisbourg, with 4,000 troops.

01-Aug-1758- Gen. Howe captures Fort Niagara.

04-Aug-1758- Gen. Forbes Captures Fort Detroit.

29-Aug-1758- New Jersey establishes the First Indian Reservation.

13-Sept- 1758- In the early hours of the Morning, 35 ships land 4,000 British & 1500 Colonial troops, [mostly from NS, & Mass. On the Plains of Abraham overlooking Quebec City. The battle lasts less than a hour, with a British Victory. During the Battle Gen. Wolfe is Killed.

In OTL 26-July is the date that the British capture Louisbourg, the Battle for Quebec, would be a year later, But in TTL There are more Americans, and they are slightly more organized. Due to More people, and no BP Charley, to distract them the British were more successful in King George's War. This allowed them to start off in a better position, when the French-Indian War came along. At this Point all organized French Resistance is over. The British now turn their sights southward.

06-Jan-1759- George Washington & Marta Dandridge Curtis are married, He owns 29 Slaves, She owns 109.

09-Apr-1759- Captain Cook discovers Botany Bay.

11-July-1759- Captain cook discovers the Great Barrier Reef, when His ship Endeavour, runs aground.
{Hey Captain, We've discovered a Reef}


1759- In Ireland Arthur Guinness buys a Ale Brewery and starts His own recipe. Dr Samuel Johnson Denounces Tobacco Advertisements as "exaggerated, false & Dangerous to the public's health. Kew Gardens Founded.

United States of the Americas [part seven]

20-Mar-1760- Great Boston Fire

April-1760- British occupy French Antilles. About half the British troops come form the Colonies. French win Battle of Bergen.

05-May-1760- The Fourth Earl Ferrers becomes the last Nobleman Hung in the Tower Of London.

June 1760- Roberson's ship yard receives a order for a 24 gun Ship, Three other ship yards also receive orders.

14-Sept-1760-Louis Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm, French General Dies.

25-Oct-1760-King George II dies.

28-Oct-1760- King Frederick I crowned King of Great Britain.

Nov-1760-William Pitt Sr. becomes Prime Minister, again.

April-1761- The British Capture Cuba after a Two month Siege.

May-1761- Roberson's ship yard Deliveries the last Sloop to the British Navy. ¾ of the crew are Colonials.

Aug-1761- The British Capture Porto Rico. Half the occupying Troops are Colonials.

1761- Cambridge University Botanic Gardens Founded. Twinkle, Twinkle little star is published in France. {Do you know all the verses?}

IOTL the British also Captured The Philippines. ITTL due to butterflies from the French occupation of Indonesia , there is no British Fleet in the Western Pacific.

15-Feb-1762- Lacledes's Landing [St. Louis] founded.

17-March-1762- First St Patrick's Day parade in NYC.

April-1762- Indian chief Pontiac begins his Uprising with a attack on a British Fort near present day Detroit. Pontiac's War would be fought in those Wild far away lands of Ohio, & Pennsylvania.

June-1762- Captain Cook establishes a Colony at Botany Bay.

Aug-1762- The four 24 gunners are delivered, to the admiralty.

28-June-1762- Peter III Murdered, Catherine II becomes Czar.

Sept-1762- MacDonald negotiates a contract for six more Sloops [24 gun] & 6 more 48 gun Frigates, 3 each to be farmed out to other ship yards.

03-Dec-1762- France cedes all lands west of the Mississippi to Spain.

1762- Barings PLC, British banking Firm, founded {IOTL they Financed the Louisiana Purchase}.

1762- the Duke of Gottorp becomes Czar of Russia, & declares war on Denmark. His Wife, Catherine overrules the Declaration, and reaches a peaceful settlement. {guess who wears the Pants in that family}

1762- First French Veterinary School established in Lyon.

10-Feb-1763-Treaty of Paris, ends Seven Years War, France cedes Canada to Britain, in return Britain returns French West Indies to France, France also renounces all claims in India except for the Port of Madras. [think Portuguese Goa, here] . Spain cedes Cuba to Britain [William Pitt wanted to keep it all IOTL, but lost out when fired in 1758. Here under Fredrick, he's back], and Britain returns PR. Along with some Border consecrations in West Florida. The Colonies aren't happy at returning PR, But like the rest.

30-Mar-1763- Cider Tax Passed http://www.pumpbottomfarm.co.uk/produce/cider.htm

08-April-1763- Pitt resigns and is replaced by George Greenville

May-1763- With the War over, and under Pressure from English Yards, The Admiralty cancels the Orders for the new Sloops . Unfortunately for the ship yards the new ships are close to 80% finished.

05-Aug-1763- Colonel Henri Bouquet decisively defeats the Iroquois at the Battle of Bushy Run, in western Pennsylvania, Ending Pontiac's Rebellion. Chief Pontiac takes the remains of the Iroquois, with his Huron & other Allies [including many French families] and flees to the west. They would end up in OTLs Wisconsin.

07-Oct-1763- King Frederick Issues the “Proclamation of 1763” Closing Lands north and west of Alleghenies to further settlement. **
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/us_terr_1775.jpg

November-1763- The ship yards complete the Sloops & Frigates, They are sold to various NE shipping Companies. These are not only American built, but American designed for speed.. [ Think USS Constitution for the Frigates, with the same for the sloops]. The shipping companies use them for the West Indies trade, where their weapons come in handy for anti-pirate protection.

11- Oct-1763- Colonial Board of Trade send letters to all Colonial Governors demanding strict Adherence
to the navigation laws. [all trade to go thru GB]**

02-Dec-1763- Touro Shul, The oldest existing US synagogue, is dedicated in Newport RI.

1763- Shipment of American Ginger began from Boston, with a load of 55 tons. That shipment is said to have earned nearly three dollars a pound, which would have made for substantially profitable cargo.

United States of the Americas [part eight]

** 1763 ITTL is important. King Frederick is 56, He has spent the last 35 years on the outs, with his Parents, over his lack of ability to do any thing. But now He's in Power, and He doesn't want to let go any of it. He's ready to make his Mark.
What he Sees.
The War in Europe is over & Britain can turn to Building her overseas empire. The French threat is over in NA. Britain controls the entire east coast from New Found land to Florida, And with Cuba & Jamaica GB also is the big boy in the Caribbean. In India, GB is forging the coming Jewel in the Crown . And there are small Colonies in NZ & Australia. GB has every reason to feel confident, IF ONLY, the whole thing wasn't so expensive. GB will start with a excise tax on [hard] cider .
What he doesn't see.
Population-Due to the increased immigration from 1720~1750 there are not only a larger population in NA, than OTL , but a larger proportion are 2nd and 3rd Generation with fading ties to GB, Some of the Scottish settlements in fact have negative ties to England. [I know-England & GB aren't the same-but ITTL England dominates the Isles even more than OTL]. Many are from elsewhere in Europe, [TTL has larger German, Jewish & Irish populations for example]. They have therefore reached farther west . West Florida reaches to Louisiana, Ohio already has large settlements & Settlers are crossing the lakes into Ontario. The '63 Proclamation, is locking the barn after the horse is gone, but annoying the farmer who now can't get in.
Economy-There is extensive coastal trade, run by established Merchant Houses, and many, NE shippers under the British flag , Operate East Indian Men, sailing and trading around Cape Horn into Spanish Pacific, and French Indonesia. Most of these Vessels, Are being Designed & Built in the Americas. While the English aren't keeping track, in TTL America is building more ships than Britain, through most are Small Sloops & Schooners for the Coastal trade. And thro they have been building ships for the Navy since 1672, they just passed Britain in numbers of Warships Built. The main Problem is a lack of hard Currency. Lots of Various Merchant Houses, Businesses, & even larger Plantations are printing their own Money, But there is no Common Exchange rate between them, And Inflation is rampart.
Politics- The British Colonies have been running their own life's for Years, there are established Colonial Legislatures from Newfoundland to West Florida, with Ohio talking of setting up their own. The Colonies also have a Union in the Continental Congress. While it hasn't any real Power [think UN debating society], It just went through a war, were it coordinated the various state Militias, in their assisting of the British Forces. The Colonies are getting used to Thinking of themselves as a separate, Entity . Also the War was Expensive for them too. They are hoping for a payment like after King William's War.
Military- While each state raises and operates it's own Militia, They have conducted joint operations, with each other. The Militias are larger & better organized than IOTL. Also the British have stationed several Regiments around the Various states since the 1740's, Both British, & German [Hanover]. These have come to be seen by poor young men as a easy way to get to America. As such second & up Sons from all over Germany [if Germany includes north Italy, Poland, Hungary, etc] have been enlisting, then taking their discharge in America. Many of these ex-s then join the Militia. Giving the militia a core of trained Soldiers. This includes a small but important amount of Officers.

Map States

Orange is GB Red is Spain

mind if I use this TL as a base for a future TL?

Just Happy someone is reading it

Its very good. Don't know what else to say. So detailed that I loose track of whats from TTL and whats from OTL.

questions

the ARW ended in 1775. see my Articles of Confederation post. Some of the names are TL people.

Mar.- 1776- Treaty of Paris- Britain cedes Florida To Nova Scotia-All land west of the Mississippi plus Quebec, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cedes Cuba back to Spain, cedes British Guiana to France. Britain retains New Found land, Labrador, And the Hudson Bay territories-West.

06-May- 1776- The last CC ratifies the Articles of confederation, as accepted by the States, After 20 Years of Union, No one wanted to end it. The States accepted the AoC with only very minor changes in wording. The CC Adjorns.

07-may-1776- The American Congress Opens. George Washinton Appointed President of US./ JP MacDonald; Sec Navy, /General N. Greene; Sec Army/, B Franklin; Post Master,/ A. Hamilton; Sec Treasury ,/ ???? Sec State. / T. Jefferson; Ambassador England,/ Frasier La Deippe; ambassador France,/ Don El Vavis; ambassador Spain.

04-July-1776- King Fredrick dies 1707-1776

20-July-1776- George III crowned King of GB. He would Blame the US for his Fathers death.

I was Thinking about Arron Burr for Secatary of State, Except He had problems with Hamilton, and I'm not sure what kind of Sec of State he would make.

?Any Sugesstions?

United States of the Americas [part Nine]

03-Apr-1764- Arch Duke Jozef crowned himself King of Austria.

19-Apr-1764- Currency act passed by parliament , it made null and void all paper money printed in the Americas and forbid the printing of More. Within weeks the available money in the Colonies collapsed.

01-Jan-1764- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gave his first Royal Concert. He is eight years old.

25-Jan-1764-Harvard Hall in Cambridge, Burned to the Ground, 5000 volumes in the library destroyed.

05-Apr-1764-Sugar Act extends and amends the 1733 molasses act.

16-July-1764- Ivan IV, Emperor of Russia, Murdered.

August-1764- Parliament sends the first official notice to the colonies of the proposed stamp duty.

October-1764- New York, Massachusetts, & Virginia, remonstrate with parliament about the sugar act. They pass resolutions requiring their Delegates to the CC to Raise the Issue.

25-Oct-1764- John Adam wed Abigail Smith. Their marriage lasts 54 years.

1764- St Andrews Golf course reduces it's course from 22 too 18 Holes, and lengthening the fairways. Other Golf courses soon follow. [Tiger Rules the Back 22]

15-Feb-1765- Massachusetts Govt opens a illegal mint, and begins producing Bronze Coins, These Have a Fish [Cod] & Massachusetts, on one side, 1,5,10, or 20 on the reverse. Years later the Recall of these would lead to the saying "Not worth a Bronze Fish" to mean worthless. There had been Mints in New England dating back to Joseph Tull in 1652. But they had all been closed by Parliament.

Feb-1765- Colonial agents Jared Ingersoll & Benjamin Franklin, meet with Grenville to oppose the stamp act.

01-Mar-1765- Constitutional Congress convenes. In London Cider act repealed.

05-Mar-1765- Spanish Official Don Antonio de Ulloa arrives in New Orleans to Take Procession for Spain.

22-Mar-1765- Royal approval is given to the Stamp Act.

24-Mar-1765- Quartering Act passed. While on the face this Act appeared reasonable enough, It would be Used to punish people who opposed the Gov't.

April- Congress establishes the American Rangers to enforce Laws on the Frontiers [think RCMP meets the Texas rangers, meets US Marshal]. Col. Daniel Boone put in charge. He sets to build a Nation organization that would Coordinate the State Rangers, with the National Rangers being the go betweens. This Model would be put to the test within a decade.

04-May-1765- CC Begins debate over Stamp Act. IOTL a special Congress [Stamp Act Congress] met in October, Being the first CC . ITTL there has been a CC for years.

20-May-1765-CC passes the Stamp Act Resolution and sends it to London.

18-July-1765- Parliament declares the Stamp Act Resolution null and void, A attempt to declare the CC illegal is introduced but fails of passage.

July-1765- Sons of Liberty formed in Boston. Within months the organization would spread to every Colony.

14 Aug-1765- Stamp act riot http://freedom.orlingrabbe.com/lfetimes/if_treason.htm

September-1765- Eberhard Pencil Company started putting erasers on pencils.

01-Nov-1765- Stamp Act comes into effect. All Colonial port are closed because no stamps are available.
Boston begins a boycott of British Goods.

02-Nov-1765- Virginia opens it's ports Illegally, other Colonial ports follow.

23-Nov-1765- Frederick Md. Passes a law repudiating the stamp act.

December-1765- General Gage, Requests the NY Assembly to enforce the Quartering Act. The CC endorses the Boycott, Boycott spreads to other Colonies.

1765- The Spanish King sends 92 Rams & 128 Ewes to Germany. This is the start of the wool industry in Germany. By 1800 Germany would be setting the world standards.
Ships from Salem, carry 12,000 quintals of salt Cod to Europe, with the same amount to the west Indies. [120#/quintal]

1765- John Bartram, American plantsman from Pennsylvania, appointed "Botanist to the King." Mr. Bartram introduced many native plants found in America into cultivation.

January-1766- British Merchants petition Parliament for the repeal of the Stamp Act. NY Assembly refuses Gen. Gages request.

11-Feb-1766-Virginia declares Stamp Act Unconstitutional.

February-1766- Stamp Act debate begins in the House of Lords.

18-March-1766- Royal assent is given to the Declaratory Act, [declares any attempt by the colonies to object to Parliaments degrees illegal.] & for the repeal of the Stamp Act.

April-1766- News of the Repeal causes celebrations across the Colonies. Boycott ends.

08-Apr-1766- First Fire escape patented.

May- 1766- First paved Sidewalk, at Westminster.

August- 1766- Violence breaks out between the Sons of Liberty and British Soldiers, when the British try to enforce the Quartering Act.

07-Sept-1766- Gold discovered at Pennecott Bay. Not much but it is the largest Gold deposit found on East coast to date.

Oct-1766- Massachusetts, Nova Scotia & New Hampshire all advance Claims on the Area.

Dec-1776- King Fredrick, Suspends the NY legislature.

05-Dec-1766- Christie's Auction house opens.

1766 - Hydrogen Discovered.

Jan-1767- Legislatures open across the Colonies. Including NY. NY Royal Governor refuses to recognize it's Actions.

March-1767- Congress opens, main debate is what to do about disputed Territory.

15-Apr- 1767- Northeast Compromise- Territory to Be administered by Congress. Territory to be divided into two States. Maine & Arcadia. Charters to be Requested, from the King. In the meantime Congress would collect any taxes and split them between Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, & the Royal Share. New Hampshire & NY accept a congressional committee to settle their border.

June-1767- American Import Duties Act passed. [Townshend Act] Boston reinstates the Boycott. http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/adw03/c-eight/America/concil.htm

July-1767- Massacusett Mint begins Minting Gold "Pine Tree Coins"

1767- In Scandinavia military ski competitions began to offer prize money. [triathalon]. French discover Tahiti.

09-Jan-1768- Philip Astley stages the first Modern [ring] Circus.

February-1768- Samuel Adams writes a Circular Letter, opposing "Taxation without Representation" and describing how Massachusetts is opposing the Townshend Duties.
The letter is sent to Assemblies thru out the Colonies.

15-Feb-1768- first Mustard manufactured in America goes on sale.

01-Mar-1768- The CC convenes, Quebec sends a Delegation. CC endorses new Boycott.

April-1768 The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Hillsbourgh, Demands that the Colonial Governors stop their Assemblies from endorsing Adam's Letter. He also orders the Massachusetts Governor to dissolve the General Court if Massachusetts Doesn't revoke the letter. Instead By May, nine States & the CC have endorsed the letter.

05-April-1768- First Chamber of Commerce formed in NYC.

15-May-1768- France doesn't purchase Corsica from Genoa.

June-1768- Custom Officials are locked in the cabin of a Sloop owned by John Adams, while the cargo is unloaded. The next day they send a letter to London requesting troops.

July-1768- The Governor Dissolves the Massachusetts General Court when they refuse to revoke Adam's Letter. San Diego founded.

05-Aug-1768- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company chartered by Congress.

01-Sept-1768- C&O Co. begin selling Stock.

Oct 1768- British Troops arrive in Boston, along with several Frigates. Sons of Liberty, start hassling them & trying to get them to desert.

04-Nov-1768- Captain Ortega Discovers San Francisco Bay from the Land.

05-Nov-1768- William Johnson, Indian Commissioner buys Tennessee, from the Iroquois Indians.

1768- Russo- Turkish War starts. First Edition of The Encyclopedia Britannica, Started.

1768- Thousands of Jews are massacred during riots in Russia-occupied Poland, Thousands of others flee from Poland to the Americas.

07-June-1769- Daniel Boone & His Rangers begin exploring Kentucky.

15-Aug-1769- Napoleon Bonaparte born on Corsica.

1770- OTL population of the Colonies reaches 2,210,000, ATL 4,954,000 [includes all 18 colonies]
the Population of England reaches ~6 mill , Scotland & Ireland ~1.5 mill each. IOTL. [Scotland just went thru the Bonnie Prince, and Ireland thru the Great Frost, losing 10~20% of their population]. IBTLs They Haven't yet finished recovering.

05-March-1770- Boston Massacre, as a Mob is harassing British soldiers they level their guns and fire point blank into the crowd. Killing 8,mortally wounding another 6, and injuring another dozen. Afterwards the Captain & 2 dozen soldiers are arrested.

April-1770- Tea Act enacted. 3P/pound, it also allows the East India Tea Co. to sell direct thru their own agents, Bypassing the Colonial Merchant middlemen,

01-May-1770- the Tea Act goes into effect, In Philadelphia the SoL Force the Company Agents to Resign.

12-Apr-1770- Parliament repeal the Townshend acts.

16-May-1770- Marie Antoinette [14] married the future King Louis XVI [15] of France.

07-June-1770- A town meeting in Boston endorses the Philadelphia, actions. The Boston SoL, then tries & fails to get the Boston Agents to resign.

10-June-1770- Three East India Men, enter Boston Harbor loaded with Tea. Colonists refuse to let them unload.

12 June-1770- At a mass town meeting it is decided to send the Ships back to England still loaded. [ Legally, the tax is only due after unloading].
Royal Governor Hutchinson opposes this, and orders harbor Officials not to let the Ships leave till the tax is paid.

15-June- 1770- About 1400 Bostonians gather to listen to a Speech by Samuel Adam. About Hutchinson repeating his order to hold the ships till the tax is paid.
That evening 620 "Mohawk Indians" board the ships and dump the tea into the harbor.

01-July-1770- Massacusett begins minting coins with a Snake & the Motto "Don't tread on Me" within Months they are found from Nova Scotia to Florida and the Bahamas.

06-July-1770- Russia destroys the entire Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Chesme on the Aegean Sea.

27-July-1770- Nadir II born

August-1770- William Addis, Journalist, invented the Toothbrush, while in New Gate Prison.

September-1770- Parliament in response passes the first in a series of Coercive Acts, [ called the Intolerable Acts, by the Colonists]. This one closes the Boston Harbor till Massachusetts pays the tax & reimburses the India Co. for the Tea.

October-1770- General Gage arrives in Boston With four Regiments of Troops. He replaces Hutchinson as Governor, placing Massachusetts under Martial Law.

13- Nov-1770- George Greenville, British Premier Dies.

15- Nov-1770- William Pitt, Lord Chatham, becomes Prime Minister.

have bermuda join the rebels

United States of the Americas [part Ten]

January-1771- Colonial Assemblies open thru-out the Americas, And begin Debating.

February-1771- Parliament passes the next Coercive Acts, suspending all self rule in Massachusetts, protects Royal officials from being sued, and centralized all of Canada under Royal Crown Control. They also revoked the Ohio Charter -Due To- failure to obey the “Proclamation of '63”

March-1771- The Continental Congress opens, Armed with detailed instructions from their home states, They begin Debating. Meanwhile Senior Militia officers who had accomplied the delegations , began their own debates.

April-1771- A new Quartering Act is passed, this one allows the British to use force, if needed. General Gage Seizes the Massachusetts Arsenals in Boston, Cambridge, & Salem.

28-May-1771- The CC adjourns, It publishes The "Declaration of Rights" and a Circular Letter to be sent to all the States. The Letter Declares the "States" & "The Continental Union's" opposition [clearly separating them, for the First time] to the Coercive acts, and says "they are Null and Void, and not to be obeyed". And For the first time since the Northeast Compromise of '67, the CC send several bills to the States, for Ratification. The first changes the name of Congress from "The United Colonies of the Americas" to "The United States of the Americas" [this is the first thing the 1775 congress did in OTL]. The Second Bill request the Power to issue Charters for States. [this will allow the CC to Control the admittance of new States.
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/decres.htm

June-1771- Jean Perrie MacDonald, Orders the construction of Four 48-gun Frigates at Robinson's ship yard, and farms out nine 16 & 24 Sloops. All to be paid for out of his personal fortune. [He expects to be repaid eventually].

July-1771- C&O begin Digging.

November-1771- King Frederick approves the New England Restraining Act. Bans New Englanders from fishing in the North Atlantic, and requiring all trade to be in English ships to English ports only.

December-1771- A provincial Congress is held in Salem Massachusetts, During which John Hancock & Joseph Warren, Begin Defensive Preparations for War. The town of Halifax passes the Halifax call for Independence. Declares that England & the King, hadn't the legal Rite To Ban Fishing, or Free Trade. [see which one is more important].

1771- Russia captures the Crimean peninsular.

January-1772- State Legistratives meet- Virginia- Patrick Henry- "Give me Liberty, Or give Me Death"- Nova Scotia- Frasier La Deippe- "A man Must rise up, on his feet, like a Great Bear, and defend his Rites, or he will be walked over like a Rug".-East Florida-Don El Vavis- "If a Man Defend not the right, can he call himself a Man"- Quebec- John Symth- "Twice in last Thirty years, Other have determined Quebec's Fate, Now We must Choose our own". And all over the Americas, they were.

07- Feb-1772- Parliament Declares Massachusetts, & Nova Scotia in rebellion. King Frederick Revokes the Royal Charters for the two Colonies .

01-Mar-1772- United States Congress opens. They all knew what was coming but no one was in a hurry to start it.
02-Mar-1772- committee formed to Write a Declaration of Rites & Sovereignty.
03-Mar-1772- Congress approves the Ratification of It's Charter Power. Calls for the Issue of Charters for Nova Scotia, Arcadia [OTLs New Brunswick], Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Alabama [renaming West Florida]. Said Charters to be given as soon a Congress received a copy of said States Constitution.

13-Apr-1772- Parliament Passes and King Frederick Approves the "Charter Act". Last of the Coercive Acts. Basically it says that what the Congress did is Illegal, Null, Void, And Congress did not have the Rite to Insult Parliament & The King That Way. Everyone in The Congress and Anyone who helps them is a Traitor, To be immediately arrested and imprisoned till they could be executed. And by the way the charters of all the other Colonies were revoked.

28-May-1772- General Gage receives a copy of the Charter Act. And orders to enforce the coercive Acts, and put down "open rebellion" among the colonists "by all necessary force".

30-May-1772- The Delegates of the Other states officially request Congress to issue New Charters for all the States as soon as Official Copies of the State Constitutions were received . This establishes the procedure for new States.

01-Apr-1772- Corneal Shockley, under orders from Gen Gage, Takes 4 regiments of troops to arrest the Assembly in Salem, and seize the illegal Armory. General Gage Also sends a letter to Royal Governor in Philadelphia, Ordering him to Arrest the members of Congress. Such Members to be sent to England for execution.

03-Apr-1772- Corneal Shockley [he's a professional Soldier, I'm not sure when he arrived in Boston OTL, but in TTL he'd arrive by 1772] arrives in Salem to seize the Armory & arrest the Massachusetts Assembly. {Basically what he was trying at Concord OTL} He's meet by 2 Regiments of State Militia. He orders them to Lay down their Arms & disperse. When they Don't He orders his men to Open fire. With Number superiority, He manages to Reach the Armory, & realizing he can't take it away, Sets fire to it. Of Course, knowing he was coming the Militia had removed most of the supplies. Shockley then proceeds to retreat back towards Boston pursed by several companies of Militia, and Volunteers along the way.

06-Apr- 1772- Royal Governor of Pennsylvania receives Gages letter, And orders Troops to proceed to Independence Hall to arrest Congress. Unknown to the Governor, His order are over heard by a Black Servant who slips out and runs to the Hall in time to warn them. They all escape and leave Philadelphia.

08-Apr- 1772- Congress reopens in York PA. [OTL they did this when Philadelphia was captured]

10-Apr- 1772- US Navy established by Act of Congress. JP MacDonald offers Congress the Ships he has Just Completed. Appointed Admiral of the Navy.

11-Apr-1772- US Army established by Act of Congress. George Washington appointed Commander in chief of US Forces.

14-Apr-1772- Jefferson submits Declaration of Independence for Congressional Debate.
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/rough.htm

23-Apr-1772- JP MacDonald gives command of the USS Ranger [48 gun Frigate] to John Paul Jones.

01-May-1772- US Congress Adopts the Declaration of Independence.

10-May-1772- Congress establishes a Postal Service, Ben Franklin Postmaster.

13-May-1772- 400 Militiamen Capture Fort William & Mary in New Hampshire.

22-May-1772 Edmund Burke makes a speech in the house of commons, urging the Govt to adopt a policy of Reconciliation with America.

22-June-1772- Slavery outlawed in England.

25-June-1772- American drag Cannon up the hill to fight the British at Gun Hill Road , Bronx.

10-July-1772- Ethan Allen, and 83 Green Mountain Rangers, Capture the British fort at Ticonderoga NY, Without firing a Shot.

12-July-1772- The USS Unity captures the British Frigate Margaretta.

15-July-1772- The British Occupy Charleston SC.

01-Aug-1772- Loyalist & Indians ambush a party of Militia at Seneca, SC.

01-Aug-1772- US Marine Corp established by Act of Congress [HU RAW]

17-Aug-1772- British troops in Boston reach 12,000.

09-Aug-1772- British troops occupy St Augustine, FLA.

01-Sept-1772- Work slows on C&O but doesn't stop.

01-Oct-1772- Lord Dunmore [Royal Governor, Virginia; promises freedom to all male slaves who join the British Army.

19-Oct-1772- Gen Richard Montgomery captures Montreal.

22-Nov-1772- JP MacDonald named Commander of the Navy, Esek Hopkins commissioned Admiral.

31-Nov-1772- The British repulse a attack by the Continental Army at Quebec by Generals Montgomery & Benedict Arnold.
The Continental army retires to Montreal for the Winter.

01- Dec-1772- first free blacks enlisted in Continental Army.

1772- In Russia a renegade Cossack, Pugachev, leads a revolt, Un successfully. And a Polish rebellion is crushed by Russia, one fourth of Poland is partitioned with Prussia and Austria

05-Jan-1773- Assembly of New Hampshire Adopts it's First Constitution.

06-Jan-1773- Arcadia [OTL new Brunswick] & Maine adopt their Constitutions.

08- Jan-1773- First revolutionary Flag. [3 alternating red and white stripes, with a don't tread snake in the center]

15-Jan-1773- French minister Charles Gravier, writes a letter to his Spanish counterpart advising support for the Americans.

17-Jan-1773- Esek Hopkins Occupies Nassau, Bahamas, with 8 Warships & 2 troop ships [OTL he just had 6 ships]

01-Mar-1773- US begins Shelling British Troops in Boston

17-Mar-1773- British Troops Evacuate to NYC & to Louisbourg.

22-Mar-1773- British at Quebec repulse another attack.

02-May-1773- France & Spain agree to donate Supplies to the Americans.

17-May-1773- Britain protests French & Spanish decision.

April- Continital Congress allows Slaves to enlist along with their Masters, Mention is made of Freeing any Slave who does so enlist.

12-June-1773- Virginia adopts a Bill of Rights.

28-June-1773- Georgia Militiamen repulse a attempt by The British to capture Savannah.

July-1773- British Troops reinforced by Troops from Louisbourg. Capture Montreal .

05-Aug- Florida & Georgian Militiamen recapture St Augustine. About 25% of the militiamen are ex Farm Slaves.

17-Aug-1773 First battle of Halifax. Nova Scotian and Maine Militia attempt to capture Halifax, Unsuccessfully.

01-Sept-1773- The British Fleet Anchored off Sandy point NY.

27-Sept-1773- The Americans are defeated at the Battle of Long Island, New York

29-Sept-1773- The Americans are Defeated at the Battle of Jersey Heights ,New Jersey.

31-Sept-1773- Americans withdraw.

Sept-1773- John Paul Jones in command of the 48 gun Frigate USS Ranger, engages and captures the 96 gun Man of war HMS Valent. While his reply to a Request for Surrender, Is today the Slogan of the USN, "I Have not Yet begun to Fight". What is less know is that in his Memoirs he states that if the "Valent hadn't taken Me by surprise coming round that Headland, I would have Run so quick". " After all we had already lost 4 of the 6 frigates we started the War with."

11-Oct-1773- Naval battle of Lake Champlain, American Forces under Gen Benedict Arnold, Take heavy Losses, But Manage to defeat the British.

25-Oct-1773- Great New York Fire, over 40% of the City Burns down. The rebuilding helps to straighten out many of NYs' growth problems, with the city layout being redone, streets widened, etc.

05-Oct-1773- In heavy street Fighting Gen Arnold with the help of a uprising of Townsmen takes Montreal again.

28-Oct-1773- Battle White Plains, Washington retreats to New Jersey,

20-Nov-1773- The British Invade New Jersey.

28-Nov-1773- Washington withdraws across the Delaware to Valley Forge Pa.

02-Dec-1773- The British take winter quarters in Trenton.

1773- London Stock Exchange Founded

22-Feb-1774- House of Lord rules that Authors Do not have Perpetual Copyright.

21-Mar-1774 Americans begin attacking British troops in Charleston.

26-Mar-1774- British withdraw from Charleston to Philadelphia.

05-April-1774- Benedict Arnold & Montgomery Attack Quebec.

06-Apr-1774- with the Help of Forces inside, the Americans capture Quebec, The escaping British retreat to Halifax.

25- May-1774- Washington's forces cross the Delaware, and defeat the British. They retreat North toward NY.

May- 1774- Europe wide Panic due to the moon, Mercury, Venus, & Jupiter rising in the same constellation.

01-June-1774- Americans retake Fort Lee NJ.

28-June 1774- British try to retake Charleston SC. American troops in Fort Sullivan Manage to Repel them, leaving SC in the Hands of the Americans. Once again about 20% of the Militiamen are "Ex Slaves"

04- July-1774- France & Spain declare war on England.

July~Sept-1774- Colonels Roger Clark & Daniel Boone Capture all the forts along Ohio river from Virginia to the Mississippi.

09-Aug-1774- Battle of Brooklyn- American forces capture NYC. British withdraw to Long Island.

11-Aug-1774- Second Battle of Halifax, British withdraw to Louisbourg.

12-Aug-1774 French and Spanish ships arrive off Long Island.

14-Aug- 1774 Battle of the Bronx. British surrenders. US Regains NYC.

29-Aug-1774- 4000 Militiamen from New England along With 12 USN frigates, begin a siege of Louisbourg.

22-Sept-1774- With 20,000 American troops outside the City, and a Franco-Spanish Fleet in Delaware Bay. General Gage surrenders. The American revolutionary war is over.

20-Oct-1774- Louisbourg Surrenders.

16- Nov-1774- The Continental Congress passes a Bill Requesting all states to honor their word regarding "Freeing of Slaves, who Enlisted in the States Militias"

25-Nov-1774- Don la Vavis, John Smythe, John Adams, & Fraiser Le Dieppe, Named to Head Peace Treaty Talks.

30-Nov-1774- The 1772 Continental Congress recesses having stayed in session all during the crisis.

1774- King Louis XIV Crowned King of France. Joseph Priestley discovers Oxygen. In England Sir Robert Clive, Considered by some to have been the Richest Man ever, Committed Suicide. Russian Bolshoi Theater founded. Juana Briones becomes the first Californian to get a Divorce [Battered Wife]. The Xhosa, arrive at the Fish river in South Africa. Oxygen Discovered

1774 Russo Turkish war ends Russia gains Black sea coast between Georgia and Azov Sea, & is named Protector of The Sultans Orthodox [Greek] subjects.

During the war the British sent 60,000 troops to America , 30,000 of those were German. 7,000 were Killed, & another 15,000 deserted. "They gave us new clothes, a rifle, knife & axe, and then marched us up and down, across the best farmland in the world. They then wondered why we didn't stick around to be shot at." German after the war [OTL] explaining why he had deserted.

11-Jan-1775- Francis Salvador, becomes the first Jew elected to public office in America.

18-Feb-1775- After a long Debate Georgia becomes the First state to pass a Bill Freeing all slaves who "Can show Proof of Enlistment" , And "Established conditions of Future Employment" As most of the Black Soldiers had been "Farm Hands" who had Enlisted along with their owners This meant they just continued in their old Position, except now they were officially Free Men. By 1778, Most of the Other States had passed some form of the Georgia Bill.

19-Mar-1775- Brazilian Fleet Attacks and Captures Montevideo, Uruguay.

29-Mar-1775- Diamonds Discovered in Brazil. Till Boers Diamond Company finds Diamonds in SA. Brazil will be the worlds largest exporter.

15-April-1775- Work resumes full time on C&O Canal.

May-1775- First post independence CC opens, without the British Over Presence, Strains between the various States, Begin to Show, Committee appointed to investigate possible solutions. T Jefferson Chairman. Mid June the Committee recommend the Congress reconstitute it'self, and write a new plan of union.
May 1775- George Washington resign as Commander in Chief. General Mongomery, appointed to Head a new National army to Coordinate the various State Militias, in the same way that Col. Boone was, With the Rangers. JP MacDonald, remains Fleet Admiral, begins to rebuild the Navy.

20- June-1775- the CC adjourns for the year.

21 June 1775 the CC reopens as a Committee of the Whole to consider a new plan of Union.

05-Aug-1775- Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Auala was he first European explorer to sail through the Golden Gate of California, He anchored at Angel Island and waited for the overland expedition.

Aug-1775- Delegates leave for home with copies of the proposed "Articles of Confederation"

29- Nov-1775- Sir James Jay invents invisible Ink.

1775- Tucson Aria Founded. The "Barber of Seville" opens at the Paris Opera House.

March-1775- NY Chamber of Commerce proposes a canal from the Hudson to Lake Erie.

Sept- 1775- Great Hudson-Erie Canal company Formed.

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