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1700
250,000 settlers in English colonies. -
Period: to
1700-1800
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1704
First colonial newspaper. -
1720
Colonial economic life quickens. -
1732
Georgia Colony. -
1732
Gorge Washington was born. -
1739-1744
Great Awakening. -
1752
Ben Franklin Discovers Electricity. -
1756-1763
French and Indian War. -
1763
Proclamation Line established. -
1763-1764
Pontiac's Rebellion. -
1763
Proclamation of 1763. -
1764-1765
Sugar Act and Stamp Act Controversies. -
1766
Declaratory Act. -
1767
Townshend Act, New York Assembly suspended. -
1770
Boston Massacre. -
1772
Committees of Correspondence formed. -
1773
Boston Tea Party. -
1773
Tea Act. -
1774
Coercive Acts, First Continental Congress convenes. -
1775
Revolution begins with fighting at Lexington and Concord. -
1776
Declaration of Independence. WOOT WOOT! -
1777
British defeated at Saratoga. -
1778
French join the war against the British. -
1781
Battle of Yorktown. -
1781
Articles of Confederation ratified. -
1783
Peace signed in Paris. -
1784-1787
Northwest Ordinance of 1784, 1785, and 1787. -
1786
Annapolis Convention. -
1787
Shays' Rebellion. -
1787
Constitutional Convention. -
1788
Federalist Papers written. -
1788
Constitution ratified. -
1789
George Washington inaugurated as President of the United States. -
1789
French Revolution begins. -
1790
Capital placed on the Potomac River. -
1794
Whiskey Rebellion. -
1799
December 14, 1799, Washington died at his Mount Vernon home. -
1800
Jefferson elected.