[Game] Count to 10,000

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1741 The New York Slave Insurrection, a plot to set fire to New York City, is discovered.

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Space Corps Directive 1742: No member of the Corps should ever report for active duty in a ginger toupee!

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1743 Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister.

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1744 - France declares war on Great Britain.

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1745 Frederick the Great destroys the Austrian army at the Battle of Hohenfriedberg.

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1746 - The wearing of the kilt is banned in Scotland by the Dress Act.

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1747 Prince William IV of Orange becomes stadtholder of all the provinces of the United Provinces.

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1748 - Maastricht is conquered by Maurice de Saxe.

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1749 King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.

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1750: World population: 791,000,000

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1751 The future King George III of the United Kingdom succeeds his father as heir-apparent to the British throne (later that year, he's named Prince of Wales). His mother Augusta of Saxe-Gotha becomes Dowager Princess of Wales.

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1752 - Great Britain and the British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar

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1753 first official Saint Patrick's Day

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1754 -  The Albany Congress of New England Colonies proposes an American Union.

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1755 French and Indian War – Braddock Expedition: British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat inflicted by French and Indian forces. During the battle, British General Edward Braddock is mortally wounded. Colonel George Washington survives.