The smallpox epidemic in London spreads to Boston.
Inoculation is introduced, but the physician is accused of spreading the disease.
New England begins receiving regular postage from London. England's attention to its North American colonies declines in the wake of the South Sea Bubble. Robert Walpole , who benefitted from the speculation, becomes Prime Minister. The family spat between France and Spain two years ago is patched up. In fact it is decided that the Spanish Infanta , now three, will be wedded to Louis XV, an aged eleven years old.