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1701
Delaware Colony Granted Charter-Collegiate School (Yale) founded -
1702
East & West Jersey became Province of New Jersey (royal colony) -
1713
Treaty of Utrecht -
1715
Yamasee War -
1717
Mississippi Scheme-Mississippi Company -
1718
Blackbeard killed by Robert Maynard-San Antonio TX founded by Spanish -
1722
Dummers War (Father Rale's War) -
1730
First Great Awakening -
1732
Province of Georgia -
1733
Russian America -
1735
John Peter Zenger Trial -
1744
King George's War -
1749
Father Le Loutre's War -
1750
Slavery begins in Georgia -
1752
The Liberty Bell-Britain&British colonies switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar -
1754
Albany Plan of Union -
1758
Treaty of Easton -
1763
French & Indian War-Pontiacs War-Treaty of Paris -
1767
Mason Dixon Line -
1769
California settled by Spanish -
1770
Boston Massacre -
1770
Spanish Missions -
1773
Boston Tea Party -
1774
Lord Dunmore's War-First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia -
1775
Siege of Boston-Crossing the Delaware River -
1776
Declaration of Independence -
1777
Continental Congress approves the first official flag of United States-Articles of Confederation-United States Constitution -
1783
American Revolution-Valley Forge -
1786
Shay's Rebellion -
1787
Constitutional Convention -
1789
George Washington elected President of United States-U.S. Constitution goes into effect-U.S. Congress meets for the first time at the Federal Hall in New York City -
1790
U.S. Supreme Court meets for first time at the Merchants Exchange Building in New York City -
1791
First 10 Amendments to the Constitution known as the Bill of Rights are ratified -
1792
Court hears first case -
1793
Eli Whitney's invention of the Cotton Gin -
1797
John Adams inaugurated as 2nd President
