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| North America:King George's War is the War of Austrian Succession fought in North America and the Caribbean where the British have a marked naval advantage. | |||||||||||
| Europe: Mercantile exchanges in London begin their infancy in the coffee houses of the city. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach. Methodism and cricket spread in England | |||||||||||
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February 1744
The Marquis de Vaudrueil, governor of Louisiana, serves up regal Carnival-style balls in his home. |
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| The population of Louisiana by official census is more than 3,000 whites, 800 soldiers and 2,000 slaves. | Without the approval of French ministery Vaudreuil grants a fur-trading monopoly in upper Mississippi to twenty Illinois traders, setting off a heated jurisdictional dispute with the governor of New France. |
Esteban Rodriguez Miro |
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