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| 1 | 1738 | - 1738: John Wesley has his conversion experience
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| 2 | 1741 | - 1741: Benjamin Ingham founded the Moravian Methodists or Inghamites - The Morovians later were instrumental in converting and educating black slaves in the West Indies
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| 3 | 1742 | - 1742: England goes to war with Spain - incited by William Pitt the Elder (Earl of Chatham) for the sake of trade
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| 4 | 1743 | - 1743: Battle of Dettingen - last time a British sovereign (George II) led troops in battle - the Kettle Drums were captured by the Third King's Own Dragoon Guards
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| 5 | 1745 | - 1745: Charles Edward Stuart the young pretender to the English throne lands in Scotalnd Defeated at Culloden 1746
- 1745: Jacobite rebellion in Scotland - Bonnie Prince Charlie (The Young Pretender) lands in the western Highlands - raises support among Episcopalian and Catholic clans - The Pretender's army invades Perth, Edinburgh, and England as far as Derby
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| 6 | 1746 | - 1746: April 17 1746 Battle of Culloden. The Jacobite rebellion crushed for all time.
- 1746: Battle of Culloden - last battle fought in Britain - 5,000 Highlanders routed by the Duke of Cumberland and 9,000 loyalists Scots - Young Pretender Charles flees to Continent, ending Jacobite hopes forever - the wearing of the kilt prohibited. Many Scots exiled to Jamaica
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| 7 | 1752 | - 1752: Year standardised to end Dec 31 (previously Mar 24) Julian Calendar dropped and Gregorian Calendar adopted in England
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| 8 | 1754 | - 1754: Hardwicke Act (1753): Banns to be called, and Printed Marriage Register forms to be used - Quakers & Jews exempt
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| 9 | 1756 | - 1756: The Seven Years War with France (Pitt's trade war) begins
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| 10 | 1757 | - 1757: India: The Nawab of Bengal tries to expel the British, but is defeated at the battle of Plassy - the East India Company forces are led by Robert Clive - The foundation laid for the Empire of India
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| 11 | 1758 | - 1758: India stops being merely a commercial venture - England begins dominating it politically - The East India Company retains its monopoly although it ceased to trade
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| 12 | 1759 | - 1759: Wesley builds 356 Methodist chapels
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| 13 | 1760 | - 1760: George III King of England 1760 - 1820
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| 14 | 1762 | - 1762: France surrenders Canada and Florida
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| 15 | 1763 | - 1763: Treaty of Paris of 1763 - In a nutshell, Britain emerged as the world?s leading colonial empire. Her possessions stretched from India to Africa to the West Indies to North America. The British shocked knowledgeable people of the day by choosing to take the barren wasteland of Canada from France, rather than the prosperous West Indian sugar islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.North America.
Received Canada from France - Received Florida from Spain - Ceded recently taken Guadeloupe and Martinique back to France - Ceded recently taken Cuba and the Philippines to Spain - Received Grenada and the Grenadines from France - Received extensive Indian rights from France - Received Senegal from France - Received Minorca from France and Spain
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| 16 | 1767 | - 1767: First iron railroads built for mines by John Wilkinson Newcomen's steam pumping engine perfected by James Watt - First one installed at Tipton
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1735 - 1768 (32 years)