{"slug": "british-north-america", "label": "British North America", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_North_America", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q248452", "qid": "Q248452", "description": "former British posessions in North America", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1634, 1836], "span_label": ["1634 CE", "1836 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "january", "label": "January", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cambridge-massachusetts", "label": "Cambridge, Massachusetts", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "george-iii", "label": "George III", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jesuit", "label": "Jesuit", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "maryland", "label": "Maryland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thirteen-colonies", "label": "Thirteen Colonies", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rocky-mountains", "label": "Rocky Mountains", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1634, "year_label": "1634 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 25", "text": "March 25 – Leonard Calvert arrives in Maryland, with Jesuit missionaries Andrew White, John Altham Gravenor, and Thomas Gervase, establishing St. Mary's as the fourth permanent settlement in British North America. In this year they also establish an institution of higher learning here, which later becomes Georgetown University, the United States's oldest university.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353730997#January–March", "title": "1634", "revid": 1353730997, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1639, "year_label": "1639 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "c. January – The first printing press in British North America is started in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Stephen Daye.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360051116#January–March", "title": "1639", "revid": 1360051116, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1704, "year_label": "1704 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 24", "text": "April 24 – The first regular newspaper in the Thirteen Colonies of British North America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358992532#April–June", "title": "1704", "revid": 1358992532, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1763, "year_label": "1763 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – The Royal Proclamation of 1763 is issued by George III of Great Britain, restricting the westward expansion of British North America, and stabilizing relations with the indigenous peoples of the Americas, by barring white settlement of lands west of the Appalachian Mountains.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360202149#October–December", "title": "1763", "revid": 1360202149, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1818, "year_label": "1818 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 20", "text": "October 20 – A treaty between the U.S. and the United Kingdom establishes the boundary between the U.S. and British North America as the 49th parallel, from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains, also creating the Northwest Angle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373165947#October–December", "title": "1818", "revid": 1373165947, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1836, "year_label": "1836 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 21", "text": "July 21 – The Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad opens between St. John and La Prairie, Quebec, the first steam-worked passenger railroad in British North America.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368342504#July–September", "title": "1836", "revid": 1368342504, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}