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separation of Delaware
Delaware was was granted a charter to separate from Pennsylvania -
founding of Mobile
mobile Alabama was founded by the french -
arming of the enslaved
Carolina allows slaves to be armed during war -
birth of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston Massachusetts -
New York Slave Revolt of 1712
a group of Black men started to take up arms against their masters causing the death nine white men, and the arrest of seventy blacks men -
Treaty of Utrecht
this treaty ended the Queen Anne's war -
founding of New Orleans
the french found the town of New Orleans -
The Pennsylvania Gazette
Benjamin Franklin starts the Pennsylvania Gazette, which becomes the most popular newspaper in the colonies -
birth of George Washington
George Washington is born on February 22 in Virginia -
George Whitefield starts preaching throughout the colonies
George Whitefield brings the first great awakening with his belief that the average christen can have a relationship with God -
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war of Jenkins' Ear
a war between Spain and England, which involved the Spanish and English colonies -
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King George's war
is the name of the war in the colonies, that helped form the Austrian session -
Albany Congress
the first time in the 18th century that the American colonies sent representatives to discuss a formal union -
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French Indian war
a war over land near the Ohio river between the English, and the French and Indians -
Treaty of Paris
a treaty ending the French Indian war, with most of Frances land in North America going to England and Spain -
enacting of the Stamp Act
this act places a heavy tax on most printed materials -
removal of Stamp Act
the Stamp act is ended, but in its places is the Declaratory Act which allows Parliament to have full power over the colonies -
Boston massacre
British troops confronted a group of colonists, who they believed were forming a mob, leading to the death of several men. -
Boston Tea Party
a protest by the colonists that involved throwing boxes of tea from the east India trading compony into the bay -
united states gain independence
the colonies stand against Britton, gaining independents from it -
France recognizes the American Flag
France acknowledged the independence of America -
treaty of Paris
a treaty signed between America and England ending the revolutionary war -
ratifying of the constitution
Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey ratify the Constitution -
ratifying of the Bill of Rights
this listed the various rights of American citizens -
treaty of Madrid
this treaty established borders for the Spanish and American colonies