1700-1800 By 1ily76 Period: 1700 to 1800 1700-1800 1702 England and Scotland are United to form Great Britain Period: 1702 to 1713 Queen Anne’s War Period: 1722 to 1803 Samuel Adams 1730 Start of the great awakening 1732 Hat Act Period: 1732 to 1799 George Washington 1733 Georgia colony 1733 Molasses Act Period: 1735 to 1826 John Adams 1736 William Tennet founds “Log College” 1739 George Whitefield makes first seven trips to America 1740 End of the Great Awakening Period: 1742 to 1807 Joseph Brant Period: 1744 to 1748 King George’s War Period: 1751 to 1836 James Madison, Father of the Constitution 1754 Start of the French and Indian War 1754 Benjamin Franklin proposes the Albany Plan Period: 1754 to 1832 Molly Pitcher 1763 End of the French and Indian War 1764 Sugar and Currency Acts 1765 Stamp and Quartering Act 1765 Stamp Act Congress 1766 Declaratory Act 1767 Townshend Acts 1772 Gaspee Incident 1773 Boston Tea party 1774 Quebec Act 1775 War of Independence begins in Lexington Period: 1775 to 1783 War of Independence 1776 The Declaration of Independence 1776 Publishing of Common Sense by Thomas Paine 1777 Battle of Saratoga 1781 British surrender at Yorktown Period: 1781 to 1789 Critical Period 1783 Treaty of Paris 1788 CT, GA, MA, MD, SC, NH, VA, and NY ratify Constitution Period: 1790 to 1800 Westward Expansion 1791 Bill of Rights 1796 Election of John Adams