1750
Bach's final year
The year 1750 appears in historical contexts marking the mid-eighteenth century—the height of colonial expansion, the Enlightenment, and the Atlantic slave trade.
A Virginia planter in 1750 might own dozens of enslaved workers.
As a number, 1750 is seventeen hundred fifty, used for addresses, quantities, or measurements: The trail peaks at 1750 feet.
Before a political overthrow
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- ancien régimeReplaced system of governance
- early modernPremature yet up-to-date
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
epoch · antiquity · heritage · historic · archival · manuscript · chronicle · dated
Profound spiritual awakening
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- neoclassicismMovement emulating antiquity's forms
- colonialOf occupied territories
pre-industrial · ancien régime · salons · powdered wigs · candlelight · quill pen · harpsichord · minuet
Domain under unified control
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- slaveryOwnership of people
trade routes · settlement · expansion · conquest · indigenous · frontier · tobacco · sugar
pre-revolutionary
Before a political overthrow
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- ancien régimeReplaced system of governance
- early modernPremature yet up-to-date
period · epoch · antiquity · heritage · historic · archival · manuscript · chronicle · dated · vintage
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- neoclassicismMovement emulating antiquity's forms
colonial · pre-industrial · ancien régime · salons · powdered wigs · candlelight · quill pen · harpsichord · minuet · broadsheet
empire
Domain under unified control
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
slavery · trade routes · settlement · expansion · conquest · indigenous · frontier · tobacco · sugar · indigo
17502024
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