British parliament expands the Province of Quebec to include land south to the Ohio River and west to the Mississippi River, effectively precluding the thirteen colonies from settlement in this area. A treaty between western pioneers and Shawnee Indians allows hunting and transportation rights in Kentucky. Fort Harrod is the first English settlement in Kentucky. Further Importation of slaves banned in Connecticut and Rhode Island, as well as agreed to at the Continental Congress. Shakers established in New York.
Famine continues in France as riots and looting of flour mills alert the king.
British Parliament passes a new acts in reaction to the Boston Tea Party last year. Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen. Benjamin Franklin publishes articles in the London Public Advertiser about the progress of British acts and colonial reactions. Sindico Procurador General Pedro Deverges Mayordomo de Proprios Juan Durel. The post of Receptor de Penas de Camara and Cabildo seat vacated by Denis Braud is purchased at auction by Daniel Fagot de la Garciniere, who holds his seat on the Cabildo until selling it to Cristobal Galpion in November of 1776.