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  1. 1776
    American colonies accuse Britain of inciting Native insurrections
    Enumerating the colonies’ grievances against Britain, the Declaration of Independence charges that King ...
  2. 1776
    Oneida and Tuscarora back George Washington
    In the American Revolutionary War, the Oneida and Tuscarora tribes side with General George Washington. ...
  3. 1775
    Smallpox strikes again in North America
    As the American Revolution begins, epidemic smallpox spreads across North America, killing hundreds ...
  4. 1769
    Spanish missions crush traditional cultural ways
    Spain establishes Mission San Diego, the first of 21 missions built along the coast of California. The ...
  5. 1768
    Britain stops protecting American colonies from Native attack
    As American settlements continue to encroach on Native lands, the colonies express worry about attacks ...
  6. 1766
    Armed Russian fur traders massacre Unangan (Aleut)
    The Russian trader, Ivan Solovief, arms his workers to murder Unangan (Aleut) men, women, and children ...
  7. 1763
    Treaty of Paris ends war; Britain claims Native lands
    England and France end the Seven Years’ War (1756–63, also called the French and Indian War). In the ...
  8. 1763
    Indian Proclamation Line ignored; settlers move west
    After the Seven Years’ War, the British Parliament creates the Indian Proclamation Line of 1763, which ...
  9. 1763–64
    Britain wages biological warfare with smallpox
    The British give smallpox-contaminated blankets to Shawnee and Lenape (Delaware) communities—an action ...
  10. 1762
    The Unangan (Aleut) resist Russian occupation
    Unangan (Aleut) rebuff the Russian merchant Stepan Glotov. A group of armed Unangan men attacks a party ...
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