AMERICA: A. D. 1748-1760. Unsettled boundary disputes of England and France. The fourth and last inter-colonial war, called the French and Indian War (The Seven Years War of Europe). English Conquest of Canada. See CANADA (NEW FRANCE): A. D. 1750-1753; 1760; NOVA SCOTIA: A. D.1749-1755; 1755; OHIO (VALLEY): A. D. 1748-1754; 1754; 1755; CAPE BRETON ISLAND: A. D. 1758-1760. AMERICA: A. D. 1749. Introduction of negro slavery into Georgia. See GEORGIA: A. D. 1735-1749. AMERICA: A. D. 1750-1753: Dissensions among the English Colonies on the eve of the great French War. See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1750-1753. AMERICA: A. D. 1754. The Colonial Congress at Albany. Franklin's Plan of Union. See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1754. AMERICA: A. D. 1763. The Peace of Paris. Canada, Cape Breton, Newfoundland, and Louisiana east of the Mississippi (except New Orleans) ceded by France to Great Britain. West of the Mississippi and New Orleans to Spain.--Florida by Spain to Great Britain. See SEVEN YEARS WAR. AMERICA: A. D. 1763-1764. Pontiac's War. See PONTIAC'S WAR. AMERICA: A. D. 1763-1766. Growing discontent of the English Colonies. The question of taxation. The Stamp Act and its repeal. See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1760-1775, to 1766. AMERICA: A. D. 1766-1769. Spanish occupation of New Orleans and Western Louisiana, and the revolt against it. See LOUISIANA: A. D. 1766-1768, and 1769. AMERICA: A. D. 1775-1783. Independence of the English colonies achieved. See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A. D. 1775 (APRIL) to 1783 (SEPTEMBER). AMERICA: A. D. 1776. Erection of the Spanish Vice-royalty of Buenos Ayres. See ARGENTINE REPUBLIC: A. D. 1580-1777. AMERICA: A. D. 1810-1816. Revolt, independence and Confederation of the Argentine Provinces. See ARGENTINE REPUBLIC: A. D. 1806-1820. AMERICA: A. D. 1818. Chilean independence achieved. See CHILE: A. D. 1810-1818. AMERICA: A. D. 1820-1821. Independence Acquired by Mexico and the Central American States. See MEXICO: A. D. 1820-1826, and CENTRAL AMERICA: A. D. 1821-1871. AMERICA: A. D. 1824. Peruvian independence won at Ayacucho. See PERU: A. D. 1820-1826. ----------AMERICA: End---------- AMERICAN ABORIGINES. Linguistic Classification. In the Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology (for 1885-86, published in 1891), Major J. W. Powell, the Director of the Bureau, has given a classification of the languages of the North American aborigines based upon the most recent investigations. The following is a list of families of speech, or linguistic stocks, which are defined and named: