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1728 Jewish colonist in New York City built the first American Synagoge.
1739 England declared war on Spain. As a result hostilities broke out between Florida Spaniards and Georgia and South Carolina colonists.
1739 Three separate violent uprisings by black slaves became known in South Carolina.
1740 Fifty black slaves were hanged to set an example. 1741 Peter the Great, the Russian Tsar sponsored an Alaska expedition lead by the Danish Peter Bering after whom the Bering Straight was named.
1754 The French Indian war erupted over land disputes in the Ohio River Valley. In May George Washington led a small group of American colonists to victory over the French. 1756 England declared war on France, as the French Indian war in the colonies now spread to Europe itself.
1762 England declared war on Spain.
1763 The French Indian War also known as Seven Years War ended with the treaty of Paris.
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