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The 1760s: 1760–1769
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Britain's Stamp Act of 1765 taxed American colonists who had no MPs, and colonial boycotts forced its repeal within a year. Catherine II seized Russia's throne in 1762, Captain Cook claimed New Zealand and eastern Australia, and in Korea a crown prince was executed in a rice chest in 1762.
The Stamp Act crisis of 1765 taught the colonies joint action. Alex Haley's Roots follows Kunta Kinte from Gambia to enslavement in 1767, and the Korean film The Throne reconstructs Prince Sado's death in 1762. Open the 1760s on the StoryTerra map and explore its stories by place.
10 famous stories set in the 1760s
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Browse 22 books and 7 movies set in the 1760s (1760–1769).
Voyager
From the author of the breathtaking bestsellers Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber, the extraordinary saga continues.Their passionate encounter happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. Two decades…
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
When he was a boy in Henning, Tennessee, Alex Haley's grandmother used to tell him stories about their family—stories that went back to her grandparents, and their grandparents, down through the generations all the way…
The Throne
Ancient Korea July 4 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang posthumously named Sado son of King Yeongjo of Joseon is accused of treason. Thus the king asks him to commit suicide but his closest vassals prevent it so the king…
स्वामी
The Maratha empire established in Maharashtra by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (d. 1680) against all odds later passed into the hands of the Peshwas (prime minister) who became the supreme lords. The Maratha Empire which…
Bedlam
London 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem a sinister madhouse is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen one of the visitors is horrified by the…
The Bohemian
The year is 1764. For over a year Josef has been leading a precarious life in Venice. He hopes to become an opera composer. The city full of talented and already-established composers seems closed to him. Looking for…
Candide, Zadig and Selected Stories
With Candide-a classic parody of the romantic, coming-of-age story-and the fifteen other stories in this indispensible collection, Voltaire derided the bureaucracies of his day with ruthless wit. His dissections of…
Unconquered
England 1763. After being convicted of a crime the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees to escape the gallows to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of Virginia whose inhabitants begin to hear and fear the…
The Golden Days
"The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760) is one of the greatest novels of Chinese literature. The first part of the story, The Golden Days, begins the tale of Bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to Confucian studies,…
A Place Called Freedom
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Scotland, 1766. Sentenced to a life of misery in the brutal coal mines, twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only ally: the beautiful, highborn Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped…
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