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Boston News Letter—first newspaper in America.
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Benjamin Franklin begins publishing Poor Richard's Almanack.
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The Boston Massacre
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The Boston Tea Party.
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First Continental Congress drafts “Declaration of Rights and Grievances.”
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The American Revolution begins with battle of Lexington and Concord. Second Continental Congress. Priestley discovers hydrochloric and sulfuric acids
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U.S. Navy Department established
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Declaration of Independence.
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Gen. George Washington crosses the Delaware Christmas night
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Thomas Paine's Common Sense.
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Capt. James Cook discovers Hawaii.
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Revolutionary War ends with Treaty of Paris.
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The Constitution of the United States signed.
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In U.S., Washington elected president with all 69 votes of the Electoral College, takes oath of office in New York City. Vice President: John Adams. Secretary of State: Thomas Jefferson. Secretary of Treasury: Alexander Hamilton
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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, spurring the growth of the cotton industry and helping to institutionalize slavery in the U.S. South.
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; John Adams elected president; Thomas Jefferson, vice president.
