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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. 1768
    Britain stops protecting American colonies from Native attack
    As American settlements continue to encroach on Native lands, the colonies express worry about attacks ...
  3. 1766
    Armed Russian fur traders massacre Unangan (Aleut)
    The Russian trader, Ivan Solovief, arms his workers to murder Unangan (Aleut) men, women, and children ...
  4. 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 ...
  5. 1763
    Indian Proclamation Line ignored; settlers move west
    After the Seven Years’ War, the British Parliament creates the Indian Proclamation Line of 1763, which ...
  6. 1759
    Russian fur trade expands in the Aleutian Islands
    On Umnak and Unalaska, two of the Islands off southwestern Alaska, the Russian merchant Stepan Glotov ...
  7. 1758
    The first Hawaiian monarch is born
    Kamehameha is born to Chief Keouakupuapaikalaninui and Chiefess Keku‘iapoiwa. In 1810 he will become ...
  8. 1745
    Russians enslave Unangan (Aleut) people
    Russian traders violently coerce Unangan (Aleut) men to trap beaver and other fur-bearing animals. The ...
  9. AD 1675
    Metacomet assassinated; King Philip’s War begins
    In the Northeast, colonists are aggressively encroaching on Wampanoag land and trying to establish settlements. ...
  10. AD 1644
    England declares war on the Powhatan Chiefdom
    Virginia, now a colony of the English crown, commits royal troops to defeat the Powhatan Chiefdom. The ...
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