1700-1800

By aharkness03

  • population

    The population of the American colonies reaches
    approximately 275,000

  • newspaper

    John Campbell founds the Boston News-Letter, the first
    successful newspaper in America

  • Carolina

    Carolina was divided into North and South Carolina

  • tea

    Tea is introduced into the American colonies

  • quakers on slavery

    The Quakers make a statement opposing slavery in the
    United States

  • calendar

    Britain and the British colonies switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar

  • liberty bell

    The Liberty Bell is placed in the Pennsylvania State
    House
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    French Indian war

    The final conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America. The British win a decisive victory over the French on the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec.
    With the Treaty of Paris, the British formally gained control of Canada and all the French possessions east of the Mississippi.

  • maryland and Pennsylvania

    Mason Dixon Line establishes the boundary between
    Pennsylvania and Maryland

  • stamp act

    Nine of thirteen colonies ask for repeal of the Stamp
    Act

  • Ohio river

    Lt. Thomas Hutchins, a British Army engineer, begins
    mapping Ohio River and its tributaries, including the Cumberland
    River in the Sumner County area​. He called the river "Shawanoe"

  • Boston massacre

    Boston Massacre occurs between colonists and British
    regulars in Boston

  • continental congress

    First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia, with 56 delegates representing every colony except Georgia. Delegates include Patrick Henry, George Washington, and Samuel Adams.
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    American revolution

    War of independence fought between Great Britain and the 13 British colonies on the eastern seaboard of North America. Battles of Lexington and Concord,Mass., between the British Army and colonial minutemen, mark the beginning of the war.
    Dec. 19, 1777 – June 19, 1778
    Battle-weary and destitute Continental army spend brutally cold winter and following spring at Valley Forge, Pa.
    Oct. 19, 1781
    British General Charles Cornwallis surrenders to Gen. George Washington at Yorktown, Va.
    Sept. 3, 1783

  • constitution

    Members of the Continental Congress sign Declaration
    of Independence

  • flag

    Continental Congress approves the first official flag of the United States.

  • articles of confederation

    Articles of Confederation are signed

  • end of American revolution

    Great Britain formally acknowledges American independence in the Treaty of Paris, which officially brings the war to a close.

  • shays rebellion

    erupts; farmers from New Hampshire to South Carolina take up arms to protest high state taxes and stiff penalties for failure to pay.

  • Constitutional Convention

    made up of delegates from 12 of the original 13 colonies, meets in Philadelphia to draft the U.S. Constitution.

  • presidency

    George Washington is unanimously elected president of the United States in a vote by state electors.

  • constitution

    U.S. Constitution goes into effect, having been ratified by nine states.

  • inaguration

    Washington is inaugurated as president at Federal Hall in New York City.

  • population

    The nation's first census shows that the population has climbed to nearly 4 million.

  • bill of rights

    First ten amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, are ratified.

  • cotton gin

    Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin greatly increases the demand for slave labor.

  • 2nd president

    John Adams is inaugurated as the second president in Philadelphia.