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King George II, British Monarch over
American Colonies
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French and Indian War Timeline 1754-1763
Britain declares war on France known as the
Seven Years War.
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Literature
Last of the Mohicans
A fictional narrative of 1757 about the French
and Indian War in e-book form published in 1826
by James
Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851). One of
the most widely read American novels of the
nineteenth century. "It was in this scene of
strife and bloodshed that the incidents we shall
attempt to relate occurred, during the third
year of the war which England and France last
waged for the possession of a country that
neither was destined to retain." Chapter 1
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Technology:
John Harrison, 64 year old English carpenter,
completes H3, a 60 pound timekeeper for
determining longitude at sea eventually making
it possible for England to control the shipping
trade.
Go Back to 1739
or forward to 1759
Lasky, Kathryn. The Man Who Made Time
Travel. Canada: Douglas & McIntyre,
2003.
Sobel, Dava. Longitude. New York:
Walker, 1995.