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"Michael Row the Boat Ashore |
1701 Pennsylvania Frame of Government guarantees religious freedom through the "Charter of Privileges"
1701 Yale College founded
1702 East and West New Jersey joined
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| 1705 |
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| 1710 |
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1711-15 Tuscarora Indian War
1712 Carolina divided into two colonies |
| 1715 |
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1717 It takes one month for a letter to travel from Boston to Williamsburg, two months in the winter
1717 Remaining Tuscarora Indians placed on Reservation
1718 New Orleans founded |
| 1720 |
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| 1725 |
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1729-1757 Jonathan Edwards' ministry |
| 1730 |
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Great Awakening begins
1732 Georgia settled |
| 1735 |
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Zenger Trial establishes freedom of press |
| 1740 |
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George Whitfield's preaching tours
English settlers and traders move into Ohio River Valley |
| 1745 |
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| 1750 |
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1752 Britain and the British colonies switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar
1752 Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment
1753 Benjamin Franklin named deputy postmaster general of colonies
1754 Fort Duquesne built
1754 French & Indian War begins |
| 1755 |
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1759 British take Quebec |
| 1760 |
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1763 Pontiac's War
1763 Treaty of Paris
1764 Sugar Act |
| 1765 |
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1765 The Stamp Act
1765 Quartering Act |
| 1766 |
"The Old Woman Taught Wisdom" |
Pontiac's War Treaty
Congress repeals Stamp Act |
| 1767 |
"Address to the Ladies" |
John Dickinson's Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania
Townshend Acts |
| 1768 |
"The Liberty Song" |
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| 1770 |
"Yankee Doodle"
"Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier" |
1770 Boston Massacre
1773 Tea Act
1773 Boston Tea Party |
| 1774 |
"As Near Beauteous Boston Lying" or "Ballad of the Tea Party"
"Free America" |
1774 The Intolerable Acts
1774 Quebec Act
1774 First Continental Congress
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| 1775 |
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Revolutionary War Begins
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Paul Revere's ride
2nd Continental Congress
Battle of Bunker Hill
1776 Declaration of Independence
1776 Battle of Trenton
1776 Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
1777 Battles of Princeton and Saratoga
1777 Alliance with France
1777 Battle of Brandywine
1777 Articles of Confederation written |
| 1778 |
"Chester"
"The Rebels" |
1779 General Benedict Arnold begins bargaining with the British
1779 John Paul Jones' victory |
| 1780 |
"Wayfaring Stranger" |
1781 Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
1781 Battle of Cowpens
1781 Articles of Confederation ratified
1783 Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire have outlawed slavery
1783 Treaty of Paris |
| 1785 |
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1786 Shay's Rebellion
1787 Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia
1787 Northwest Ordinance
1787 Delaware is the first state to ratify the Constitution; New Jersey and Pennsylvania soon follow
1788 Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, South Carolina, & Virginia become states (1788)
New government begins: April 30, 1789 Washington inaugurated in NYC
1789 Judiciary Act (1789)
1789 The first Congress passes a series of amendments (1789)
1789 North Carolina statehood |
| 1790 |
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1790 Rhode Island statehood
1791 Bill of Rights ratification complete
1791 Vermont statehood
1791 Bank of United States |
| 1792 |
"The Desponding Negro" |
Lancaster Turnpike built
Kentucky statehood
1793 cotton gin invented
1793 Neutrality Proclamation
1794 Whiskey Rebellion |
| 1795 |
"Rights of a Woman" |
Treaty of Greenville
Jay's Treaty ratified
1796 Tennessee statehood
1797 U.S.S. Constitution
1797 XYZ Affair
1797 John Adams becomes President of the United States |
| 1798 |
"The President's March" and "Hail Columbia" |
Alien & Sedition Acts
Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions |
| 1800 |
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| 1801 |
"Jefferson and Liberty" |
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| 1802 |
"Rolling Stone" |
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