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| 1 | 1650 | - 1650: Colonial population estimated at 50,400.
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| 2 | 1678 | - 1678: French King Louis XIV claimed the region of Alsace from Germany.
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| 3 | 1681 | - 1681: La Salle begins exploration of the Mississippi river from source to mouth
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| 4 | 1682 | - 1682: La Salle completes exploration of Mississippi River; claims Louisiana for France
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| 5 | 1688 | - 26 Nov 1688: French King Louis XIV declared war on the Netherlands.
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| 6 | 1689 | - 15 Apr 1689: French king Louis XIV declared war on Spain.
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| 7 | 1699 | - 1699: Iberville and Bienville explore lower Mississippi Valley
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| 8 | 1710 | - 1710: British Conquest of Nova Scotia
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| 9 | 1712 | - 1712: Steam Engine Invented; Industrial revolution begins
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| 10 | 1713 | - 11 Apr 1713: Treaty of Utrecht-French retain control of Île-Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Isle) and Île Royale (Cape Breton). British maintain control of rest of Nova Scotia.
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| 11 | 1718 | - 1718: City of New Orleans founded.
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| 12 | 1752 | - 2 Sep 1752: Britain and British colonies switch from Julien to Gregorian calendar.
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| 13 | 1755 | - 1755—1763: Expulsion of 11,500 Acadians from Nova Scotia. 1/3 perish from disease or drowning.
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| 14 | 1756 | - 1756: Seven Years War begins
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| 15 | 1762 | - 5 Feb 1762: Martinique, a major French base in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, surrendered to the British.
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| 16 | 1763 | - 10 Feb 1763: Britain, Spain and France signed the Treaty of Paris ending the French-Indian War. France ceded Canada to England and gave up all her territories in the New World except New Orleans and a few scattered islands including St. Pierre and Miquelon off the coast of Newfoundland.
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| 17 | 1766 | - 5 Mar 1766: Spanish official Don Antonio de Ulloa arrived in New Orleans to take possession of the Louisiana Territory from the French.
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| 18 | 1770 | - 5 Mar 1770: Boston Massacre
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| 19 | 1773 | - 16 Dec 1773: Boston Tea Party
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1649 - Abt 1696 (47 years)