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The 1750s was a pioneering decade. Waves of settlers flooded the New World (specifically the Americas) in hopes of re-establishing life away from European control, and electricity was a field of novelty that had yet to be merged with the studies of chemistry and engineering.
1760. April - David Lewis, poet. 25 October - King George II of Great Britain, former Prince of Wales, 76. 1761. 8 April - Griffith Jones Llanddowror, pioneer in education, 77. 1762. 3 February - Beau Nash, leader of fashion, 87. 1763. 25 November - Richard Morris, father of the noted Morris brothers ("Morrisiaid Môn"), 89.
The Stamp Act 1765, also known as the Duties in American Colonies Act 1765 ( 5 Geo. 3. c. 12), was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper from London which included an embossed revenue stamp.
Guillaume Guillon-Lethière. 10 January – Guillaume Guillon-Lethière, painter (died 1832) 5 February – Charlotte de Robespierre (died 1834) 2 March – Camille Desmoulins, journalist and politician during the French Revolution (executed 1794) 30 September – Madame de Saint-Laurent (died 1830) 6 October – Victoire Babois, poet and ...
The history of taxation in the United States begins with the colonial protest against British taxation policy in the 1760s, leading to the American Revolution. The independent nation collected taxes on imports ("tariffs"), whiskey, and (for a while) on glass windows. States and localities collected poll taxes on voters and property taxes on ...
First practical means of collecting energy from the Sun and turning it into a current of electricity. 1955: The hovercraft is patented by Christopher Cockerell. 1955: The intermodal container is developed by Malcom McLean. 1957: The laser and optical amplifier are invented and named by Gordon Gould and Charles Townes.
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height in the 19th and early 20th century ...
