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1724 First record of vaccination for smallpox in Germany. It soon fell into disfavor due to the number of deaths. Years later, doctors were able to reintroduce it. 1733 Molasses Act of 1733 passed by Britain, putting a heavy tax on sugar and molasses coming from anywhere except the British sugar islands in the Caribbean. Sugar was also essential for production of rum (alcohol), to which a significant percentage of humans were already addicted. Tobacco, (nicotine) begins to gain more significance in world use. 1754 Inoculation for smallpox introduced in Rome. The practice was soon stopped because of the num- ber of deaths it caused. Later, the medical profession v would successfully reintroduce it. 1763 Epidemic of smallpox in France wipes out a large part of the population. It was immediately attributed to inoculation, and the Practice v was s prohibited by th the French government fi for five ° years. 1763 The first recorded episode of biological warfare in the United States occurs when white colonial settlers give smallpox-infected blankets to Native Americans who sought friendly relations. Also a sig- nificant case of genocide. 1770 Emile is written by Rousseau. The work parallel the work of Locke in 1690, but Rousseau’s work won the attentions of the Prussian Empire (Germans), essentially a synthetic state founded on a reli- gious principle, due to the fact that Prussians were the subject of a religious war and Crusade by the Pope. 324 Appendix F: General Chronology of Events 1727 Coffee planted in Brazil. 1728 Madrid Lodge of Freemasons founded. 1729 Emperor Yung Cheng prohibits opium smoking in China. 1730 Zinc smelting begins in England. 1734 Masonry introduced to the Netherlands. 1735 Masonry introduced to Portugal, Italy and Russia. 1737 Masonry introduced to Germany. 1737 Hume's Treatise on Human Nature is published. 1740 Smallpox epidemic in Berlin. University of Pennsylvania founded. 1741 Philadelphia epidemic of yellow fever. 1747 Philadelphia epidemic of yellow fever. 1750 Dutch shipping more than 100 tons of opium per year to Indonesia. 1750 Scandinavia experiences a 15 year epidemic of Pertussis (whooping cough) which takes 45,000 lives. 1753 Vienna Stock Exchange founded. 1757 Bengal made a British Crown Colony, and Britain expands its trafficking in Opium. 1762 Philadelphia epidemic of yellow fever. 1764 Britain prohibits American colonies from issuing their own currency. 1768 The medical profession in France is successful in re-instituting vaccination for smallpox. 1770 George Wilhelm Fredrich Hegel born in Germany. 1771 Encyclopaedia Britannica first assembled in London. 1774 First Continental Congress convened, September 5, 1774. Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation