1700-1800

By MicahGun01

  • East Jersey and West Jersey Become One

    East Jersey and West Jersey’s political divisions ends.
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    Queen Anne’s War

    Fought between France, Britain, and Spain. Ended with the Treaty of Utrecht.
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    Yamasee War

    War between the British within South Carolina and Various Native American Tribes. Resulted in the collapse of Indian Tribes within South Carolina.

  • Blackbeard Killed

    Blackbeard killed in battle by Robert Maynard.
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    Dummer’s War

    War between New England and the Wabanaki Confederacy. Lasted from 1722 to 1725.

  • Province of Georgia founded by James Oglethrope

    James Oglethrope, along with 114 colonists founded the colony of Georgia in 1733.

  • George Whitefield begins the First Great Awakening

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    King George’s War

    The third of the fourth war between the French and Indians. Took place in the British provinces of New York, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, and Nova Scotia. Lasted from 1744 to 1748

  • Colony of Georgia Overturns its Ban on Slavery

    Slavery become legal in Georgia after they decide to overturn the ban brought by James when the colony was founded.
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    Father Le Loutre’s War

    Lasted from 1749 to 1755. Conflict between the Mi'kmaq and some of the Acadian communities against the British and New England interests in Nova Scotia.

  • Benjamin Franklin Kite Experiment

    Experiment conducted by Franklin to prove that lightning was an electrical discharge.
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    French and Indian War

    Apart of the Seven Years War. The French and Natives of North America fought as allies against the British

  • Quebec Taken

    The British declare victory in the French Indian War, and take control of Quebec.

  • Treaty of Paris

    The French Indian War formally ends with the Treaty of Paris. France cedes most of its territories in North America to Great Britain, but some is also given to the Spanish.

  • Royal Proclamation of 1763

    Issued by King George’s, it established administration in newly ceded French territory.

  • Sugar Act

    Prohibited the colonies from issuing paper money.

  • Stamp Act

    Passed by British Parliament, the Sugar Act required all American colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used

  • Quartering Act

    Parliament forces colonies to provide housing, food, etc., to British troops.

  • Virginia Resolves

    Virginia Resolves was a series of resolutions passed by the Virginia House of Burgesses in response to the Stamp Act of 1765
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    Stamp Act Congress

    Representatives from nine colonies come together to petition the king to repeal the Stamp Act.
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    Townshend Act

    Series of four acts were passed during 1767 by the Parliament.

  • Governor of Massachusetts Dissolves the General Court

  • British Warship Arrives in Boston

    British warship armed with 50 cannon sails into Boston harbor after helps is called from custom commissioners.

  • Golden Hill Incident

    British troops wound civilians, including one death.

  • Boston Massacre

    British Army soldiers shot and killed five people.

  • Battle of Alamance

    A rebellion in colonial North Carolina over issues of taxation and local control.

  • Committees of Correspondence

    Created by Samuel Adams, it coordinated responses to England and shared their plans

  • Gaspee Affair

    British customs ship, ran aground in Rhode Island and a Sons of Liberty group attacked and set fire to the ship.

  • Tea Act

    Passed by Parliament in order to to make the colonists happy with the price so they will pay the tax.

  • Boston Tea Party

    In order to protest the Tea Act, A group of about 70 men dressed as Indians boarded on three British ships in the Boston harbor and threw their tea cargo in the sea.

  • British Pass Intolerable Acts

    Consisted of British Port act, Administration of Justice Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Quartering Act, and Quebec Act.
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    First Continental Congress

    A meeting between delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. Was a response to the Intolerable Act.

  • Petition to the King

    Petition sent to the King by the First Continental Congress, that requested him to repeal the intolerable acts.

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War

  • Gunpowder Incident

  • Skenesboro, New York captured by Lieutenant Samuel Herrick.

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    Second Continental Congress

    Included delegates from all 13 colonies. It managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence

  • Continental Army

    Congress vote to create Continental Army, whom commanding general would be George Washington.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

  • Olive Branch Petition Sent to King George

    This was the final attempt to try to avoid war.

  • Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge

    Took place in North Carolina

  • Battle of Nassau

    Lasted two days

  • British Evacuate Boston

  • Treaty of Amity and Commerce and Treaty of Alliance with France

    Treaties between the United States and France.
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    Tyron’s Raid

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty ends the American Revolutionary War.
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    Shay’s Rebellion

    A protest against perceived economic and civil rights injustices

  • Cyrus Griffin Resigns as President of the U.S

  • George Washington Elected as President, John Adams Elected as Vice-President