1700-1800 Us History Timeline

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  • Delaware

    Becomes a colony

  • Board of Trade

    Ordered royal governors to veto any paper issues and trade has to be done with British money.

  • Jonathan Edwards Marries

    Marries Sarah Piermont when she was 17 years old.

  • Slaves in South Carolina

    By this date, 20000 slaves are in South Carolina

  • Georgia

    Becomes a colony, used as a buffer zone for defense against Spain.

  • George Whitefield in Georgia

    First trip to Georgia. Makes 18000 sermons in 34 years, crosses the Atlantic 13 times.

  • War in Georgia

    Disagreements on Slavery. Poor colonists could not own slaves.

  • Stono Rebellion

    Catholic governor of Florida. Promised freedom to 69 slaves.

  • Sinners in the hands of an angry God

    Jonathan Edwards sermon about "what shall we do to be saved?". Sermon spreads rapidly.

  • Georgia is Made a Royal Colony

    Slavery without restrictions, Georgia flourishes.

  • Seven Years War (French and Indian War)

    Conflict between England and France over land in the New World.

  • Jonathan Edwards President of Princeton

    Modern day Princeton, however it was called college of New Jersey.

  • Jonathan Edwards dies

    Dies at the age of 54

  • France Surrenders

    France surrenders and the Ohio Valley land becomes English. This leads to the American Revolution, because England would tax the colonies for this war.

  • Slaves in Virginia

    By this date, 120000 slaves are in Virginia

  • Treaty of Paris 1763

    Ends the French and Indian War

  • Proclamation Line of 1763

    King fulfilling promise to Iroquois Indians and does not allow any British settlers to go to Indian land. Colonists not allowed to settle on the land they are being taxed for.

  • Currency Act of 1764

    Colonial legislature cannot be used as legal tender.

  • Sugar Act of 1764

    Replaced Molasses Act of 1733. Vice admiralty courts are now set up in the colonies to enforce Navigation Acts.

  • Stamp Act of 1765

    First Direct Tax on the American Colonies.

  • Quartering Act 1765

    Each colonist assembly was directed to provide for the basic needs of soldiers stationed within borders.

  • New York and Quartering Act

    NY refuses to comply with the Quartering Act

  • Declaratory Act of 1766

    Repealed Stamp Act and makes Parliament the supreme ruler of the land.

  • Restraining Act of 1767

    New York assembly is suspended

  • Townsend Duties 1767

    Taxed Paper, pain, lead, glass, tea.

  • Revenue Act of 1767

    Created board of customs and commissioners, makes sure any imports get properly taxed.

  • Virginia Resolves

    Written by George Mason, opposed taxation without representation.

  • Boston Massacre

    Five Bostonians and two boys laid dead. Picture circulates in news across the colonies. Big propaganda.

  • Tea Act

    Parliament tries to save the East India Trading Company, and proposed a monopoly. Captain Jack Sparrow fought leaders of this Company as he searched for the heart of Davy Jones.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Men dressed in Mohawk costumes dump tea in the Boston Harbor.

  • Quebec Act of 1774

    Takes land from colonists and gives it to Quebec.

  • First Continental Congress

    56 delegates, structured with emphasis on equality and free debate. produced the Declaration of Rights and Grievances

  • The Continental Congress disbands

    King George III says they are an illegal assembly, strikes with force. The Continental Congress disbands.

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    George III tells general Gage to enforce the Intolerable Acts with military force. Rebels store supplies. Shot Heard Round the World.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)

    Encourages Colonists that they can compete with the British.

  • Green Mountain Boys

    Benedict Arnold led the Green Mountain Boys to capture supplies in Ticonderoga.

  • British evacuate Boston

    Winter of 1775-1776. Henry Knox made colonel to go to Fort Ticonderoga near George Washington.

  • Second Continental Congress

    Formed Continental Army, choose George Washington to lead.

  • Washington defeats the Hessians

    Sailed across the Delaware River and defeated the drunken Hessians on Christmas night.

  • Thomas Paine's Common Sense

    Pamphlet urging the colonies to declare independence.

  • Declaration of Independence is voted on

    The representatives of the colonies sign the DOI

  • Declaration of Independence is made known to the world

    Officially declared Independence to the World

  • Battle of Saratoga

    Turning point in the Revolutionary War, gave France the confidence to join the fight against Britain.

  • Valley Forge

    Washington and his troops arrive at Valley Forge to train. First real instance of the army coming together as one unit.

  • US Mutual Assistance Treaty of 1778

    US uses loophole because they are not fighting a war against Britain. Also, the treaty was between the US and the monarchy of France.

  • Yorktown

    Corn Wallis loses against America and surrenders.

  • Treaty of Paris of 1783

    We get independence, land, and the US promises to stop prosecuting loyalists.

  • Shay's Rebellion

    Threatened to collapse the young nation. Daniel Shay and 2000 men march in to fight the elite and privileged. Shows the need for a stronger government.

  • Call of convetion in Philadelphia

    Need a stronger government, results in the US Constitution.

  • Judiciary Act of 1789

    Established a federal judiciary system

  • Bank of the US

    Proposed 20 year charter in 1791.

  • Whiskey Rebellion

    Rebellion shot down by Washington and his army. Shows that the government is much stronger now.

  • Election of 1796

    John Adams becomes President.

  • Death of George Washington.

    1799, Adams, Hamilton, and Jefferson come together and bury Washington.