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| North America:Spain establishes a colony at Pensacola as a defense to French claims of Louisiana; another Navigation Act forbids American colonies to trade directly with Irish or Scottish ports. | |||||||||||
| Europe: War of the League of Augsburg continues between France and European Protestants; a plot to assassinate William II leads Parliament to susoend Habeas Corpus Act of 1679, passes a Treason Act and forms a Board of Trade and Plantations. | |||||||||||
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