1700-1800 By maddie.lucero 1705 House of Burgesses passed its first comprehensive slave code 1706 Reverend Francis Le Jau Arrived in Charles Town, Carolina 1752 Benjamin Franklin invents electricity Period: 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War 1763 The Proclamation of 1763 Period: 1763 to 1766 Pontiac's Rebellion 1764 Sugar Act 1765 Stamp Act Period: 1767 to 1768 Townshend Acts Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party 1774 First Continental Congress Period: 1775 to 1783 The American Revolutionary War 1776 George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River Jul 4, 1776 United States Declaration of Independence Period: 1778 to 1783 Battle of Saratoga and Franco-American Alliance 1781 Articles of Confederation Sep 3, 1783 Treaty of Paris Period: 1786 to 1787 Shays’ Rebellion 1787 The Constitutional Convention 1789 George Washington was elected the 1st U.S. President Period: 1789 to 1799 French Revolution 1791 United States Bill of Rights Period: 1791 to 1794 The Whiskey Rebellion 1797 John Adams Presidency