1772 - Wikipedia June 10 – The crisis of 1772 is triggered when, following the flight of their partner Alexander Fordyce to France, the London banking house of Neal, James, Fordyce and Down (which has been speculating in East India Company stock) suspends payment
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1772 in art - Wikipedia Events from the year 1772 in art July 13 – Captain James Cook leaves Plymouth in HMS Resolution on his second voyage of exploration with landscape painter William Hodges onboard (in lieu of Johann Zoffany) King George III of the United Kingdom appoints Benjamin West official painter to the court
Timeline of the Revolution - U. S. National Park Service British troops land in Boston to enforce the Townshend duties (taxes on paint, paper, tea, etc , passed in June 1767) and clamp down on local radicals The troops' presence doesn't sit well with locals and leads to street fights One clash between soldiers and a mob in March 1770 will leave five dead