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| North America:Even though many Quakers own slaves, slave traders are banned from the Society of Friends. | |||||||||||
| Europe: Spanish and French troops invade Portugal which calls on its long-time ally Britain to help. The Bourbon states of France and Spain form an alliance with the Two Sicilies, also Bourbon. The Seven Years War has wasted all parties involved. George III of England refuses invade Spain and threatens to halt support of Prussia. Having lost their navy, French mariners become privateers, preying on British shipping. London Physician notes first link between tobacco and cancer and cautions against use of snuff. Fiction by Jean Jacque Rousseau; painting by Jean Baptiste Greuze; Theatre by Diderot; music by Haydn. | |||||||||||
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| Acadians and others settled the area around Welch, La. in the 1760÷s. They developed vacheries (cattle ranches) in this prairie region of Southwest La. Long-horned Spanish cattle introduced by Avoyelles Indians long before the French arrived on the scene and are used as a foundation stock by pioneers. | New Orleans’ population of 3,000 is a mixture of whites (French, Canadians, Creoles, Germans, and Swiss), blacks and mulattoes (both slaves and free men of color) and Native Americans ( who are not counted in the census). |
Jacques Philippe Roi de Villere James Pitot |
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