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Begins the last of Louis XIV's wars for domination of the continent.
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explores the coast from Carolina north to Nova Scotia, enters New York harbor.
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Franklin invented the lightening rod. The Liberty Bell was ordered from an English bell foundry to celebrate Pennsylvania's 50th anniversary.
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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 of Quebec.
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With the Treaty of Paris, the British formally gain control of Canada and all the French possessions east of the Mississippi
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British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to intense public protest
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Group of colonial patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians board three ships in Boston harbor and dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against the British tea tax.
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First Continental congress meets in Philadelphia. 56 delegates represent every colony with the exception of Georgia.
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War of Independence fought between Great Britian and the 13 colonies on the eastern seaboard of North America. Battles of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, between the British army and colonial minutemen, mark the beginning of the war.
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Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in Philidelphia.
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George Washington is elected first ever president of the United States.
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U.S. Bill of Rights ratified.
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Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin, which greatly increases the demand for slave labor.
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John Adams is inaugurated as the second president in Philadelphia.
