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1771 |
The first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica is published.
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1772 |
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1773 |
The "Boston Tea Party" occurs as a protest against British
taxation policies.
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1774 |
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1775 |
American Revolution begins; British defeated at Lexington.
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1776 |
Declaration of Independence published.
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1777 |
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1778 |
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The peculiar inheritance of human color-blindness
reported to The Royal Society of London by M. Lort.
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