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Deleware Founded
Delaware separates from Pennsylvania to become its own colony. -
New Jersey Founded
The New Jersey colony is established by conjoining East and West Jersey. -
Boston News-Letter
The first recurring newspaper in the colonies -
Province of Carolina Divides
The Province of Carolina is split into two divisions thus creating North and South Carolina. -
The First Theater
The first theater in the colonies to open for business in Williamsburg, Virginia. -
Province of Georgia
Province of Georgia corporate charter granted to General James Oglethorpe by British King George II -
The Liberty Bell
The liberty Bell is cracked for the first time. -
The Lightning Rod
Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod after earlier in the year proving that lightning was electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. -
Boston Massacre
The British troops fire into a mob, killing 5 men which in turn lead to intense public protesting. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of men disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded three ships in Boston Harbor and dumped more than three-hundred crates of tea into the water, protesting the British Tea Tax. -
American Revolutionary War Began
This war was known as the American war of independence, which began as a war between Great Britain and Thirteen British colonies on the north American continent. Gaining allies such as France, Spain and American colonist. -
Common sense published
Thomas Paine published his pamphlet "common sense" -
Declaration of Independence
The Second Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. -
The Articles of Confederation
The Continental congress adopts the first US Constitution. -
Revolutionary War Ended
The end of the treacherous war. -
The Acknowledgement of American Independence
The Treaty of Paris is signed meaning Great Britain finally acknowledges their independence bringing the war to an end. -
The US Constitution
The Constitutional Convention meets in Philadelphia to draft the constitution. -
1st United States President
George Washington is voted unanimously into office by state electors. -
The Bill of Rights
The first ten Amendments were ratified. -
Cotton Gin
The invention of the Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney caused a high demand for slave labor. -
2nd United States President
John Adams is elected into office as the second president.