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*'''1752:''' [http://www.thebakken.org/electricity/franklin-kite.html Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment] showed that lightning was actually static electricity. | *'''1752:''' [http://www.thebakken.org/electricity/franklin-kite.html Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment] showed that lightning was actually static electricity. | ||
*'''1752:''' September 2; Britain and the colonies under its control adopt the [https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/colonialresearch/calendar Gregorian calendar]. | *'''1752:''' September 2; Britain and the colonies under its control adopt the [https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/colonialresearch/calendar Gregorian calendar]. | ||
*'''1754:''' [https:// | *'''1754:''' [https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-war French and Indian War] begins, part of the Seven Years' War | ||
*'''1754:''' Albany Congress, in which a "[http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-colonial/1975 Union of Colonies]" is proposed. | *'''1754:''' Albany Congress, in which a "[http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-colonial/1975 Union of Colonies]" is proposed. | ||
*'''1758:''' [http://www.frenchandindianwar250.org/relive/the_history.aspx Treaty of Easton] | *'''1758:''' [http://www.frenchandindianwar250.org/relive/the_history.aspx Treaty of Easton] | ||
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[[Image:Poster of Northwest and Southwest Territories of the United States.png|thumb|right|230px]] | [[Image:Poster of Northwest and Southwest Territories of the United States.png|thumb|right|230px]] | ||
*'''1774:''' [https:// | *'''1774:''' [https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/lord-dunmores-war/ Lord Dunmore's War] was a confrontation between colonial Virginia and the Native Americans of the [[Ohio History|Ohio]] Country in 1774. | ||
*'''1774:''' June 12; Martial Law is declared in Massachusetts <ref>Frothingham, Louis Adams. '' A Brief History of the Constitution and Government of Massachusetts: With a Chapter on Legislative Procedure''. Published by Harvard University, 1916. Original from Harvard University. Digitized Jul 1, 2008. 140 pages. Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=cxYpAAAAYAAJ Google Books] | *'''1774:''' June 12; Martial Law is declared in Massachusetts<ref>Frothingham, Louis Adams. '' A Brief History of the Constitution and Government of Massachusetts: With a Chapter on Legislative Procedure''. Published by Harvard University, 1916. Original from Harvard University. Digitized Jul 1, 2008. 140 pages. Full text available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=cxYpAAAAYAAJ Google Books]</ref> by [http://militaryhistory.about.com/b/2008/06/12/american-revolution-gage-declares-martial-law.htm General Thomas Gage] | ||
*'''1774:''' October 26; [http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/bookmarks/minutemen/The Minute Men] are established in America. | *'''1774:''' October 26; [http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/bookmarks/minutemen/The Minute Men] are established in America. | ||
*'''1775:''' Fighting at [http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battles/bat_lex.asp Lexington and Concord], Massachusetts, marks the beginning of the American Revolution. | *'''1775:''' Fighting at [http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/battles/bat_lex.asp Lexington and Concord], Massachusetts, marks the beginning of the American Revolution. | ||