1768
Before American Revolution
1768 is the year, notable in American history as a period of mounting colonial tensions with Britain.
The year saw the Massachusetts Circular Letter opposing taxation without representation and British troops arriving in Boston.
In other contexts, 1768 functions as any four-digit number might—an address, a model number, or a code: Room 1768, Form 1768.
Profound spiritual awakening
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- neoclassicismMovement emulating antiquity's forms
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
empiricism · rationalism · Voltaire · Diderot · Montesquieu · Rousseau · James Watt · steam engine
Vast colonial domain
- American coloniesPre-independence British territories
- Stamp Act1765 colonial document tax
- BostonMassachusetts state capital
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
plantation · settlement · charter · colonist · frontier · East India Company · trade · territory
enlightenment
Profound spiritual awakening
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- neoclassicismMovement emulating antiquity's forms
baroque · empiricism · rationalism · Voltaire · Diderot · Montesquieu · Rousseau · James Watt · steam engine · enclosure acts
British Empire
Vast colonial domain
- American coloniesPre-independence British territories
- Stamp Act1765 colonial document tax
- BostonMassachusetts state capital
mercantilism · plantation · settlement · charter · colonist · frontier · East India Company · trade · territory · governance
unrest
State of public disturbance
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
pamphlet · agitation · reform · radical · liberty · tyranny · rights · resistance · boycott · petition