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1775 Continental Congress authorizes respective states to issue paper currency in defiance of Britain. The British respond by printing counterfeit money and flooding the U. S. with it. 1776 Adam Weishaupt infiltrates the Bavarian Masonic Lodges. The doctrine of the Illuminati encom- passes: abolition of ordered government, private property, inheritance, nationalism, family, religion, marriage, morality, and communal education of children. 1776 Adam Smith writes The Wealth of Nations, setting forth British policy to maintain the American colonies as backward raw material producers and the mandate to expand the opium trade. 1777 Nathan Rothschild born. Weishaupt joins the Munich Masonic Lodge, and within two years would be in control of the © lodge of Theodore of Good Counsel. 1780 Adam Weishaupt’s Order of the Illuminati at the University of Ingolstadt has 60 members in five German cities by 1780, but the impact of his ideas extends much farther in society. Weishaupt and oth- ers desired to attach themselves to Masonic lodges in Europe and America. In 1780, Weishaupt recruits Adolf Francis (Baron Knigge), which allowed the hierarchical structure of the Order to expand to com- pletion. Weishaupt sought absolute obedience to him and other influential members of the order, and worked for the overthrow of church and state authorities who were seen as blocks to Illuminati progress. Knigge completes the system of initiation, and membership swells to 300. Competition arises between Weishaupt and Knigge. 1781 American Congress meets for the first time. The Bank of North America founded, modeled after the Bank of England. Never recognized by the majority of states. Bank of North America folded in 1790. 1782 Masonic Congress at Wilhelmsbad. Knigge enrolls virtually all of the members attending over to Weishaupt' s Order, which h depleted Potential members for the rival Order of Strict Observance. 1783 Because of Weishaupt’s power and arrogance, complaints begin to surface that the Order was sub- versive of political and religious authority, the schools and the press. In October of 1783, a disgruntled member of the order, Joseph Utzschneider, denounces Wesihaupt to the duchess Maria Anna of Bavaria, who in turn speaks to Carl Theodore, the Bavarian king. 325 Appendix F: General Chronology of Events 1774 Scheele discovers Chlorine gas. 1775 King George issues his Proclamation of Rebellion. 1776 Roughly 85% of citizens in the United States have independent livelihoods. 1776 American colonies of Britain declare their independence from Britain. 1778 Danish physicians move to open two major vaccination houses in Denmark by order of the King. 1778 In Italy, infants were inoculated by Neapolitan nurses without the knowledge of parents. 1778 An Act of Congress prohibits importation of slaves into U.S. 1779 America recalls its currency to counteract the effect of undermining by Britain. 1780 United States has two interest-bearing banks. 1780 Eclectic Alliance used until 1784 to covert Masonic lodges to Illuminism. 1781 Massachusetts Medical Society incorporated. 1782 Original Great Seal of the United States adopted. 1783 Baring Brothers become the premier merchant of the opium trade. 1783 U.S. President (of the Order) John Hanson dies. Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation