1700-1800

  • 21-year Northern War

    Poland, Russia and Denmark attacked Sweden and started the 21-year Northern War
  • The Spanish succession war broke out between the heirs to the Spanish throne in France and Austria

  • Louis XIV died after 72 years in power

  • (Benjamin Franklin) printed, published and wrote a large number of "Pennsylvania Weekly"

  • George Washington was elected president

  • Benjamin Franklin established the most successful almanac in the United States, which was published every year until 1758

  • John Adams elected president

  • Benjamin Frankli drafted the founding document of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia

  • Thomas Jefferson elected president

  • France officially declares war on Britain in the Austrian Succession War

  • George Washington went through a difficult and ineffective journey, persuading the French to withdraw from the Ohio Valley

  • The treaty signed in Paris ended the Seven Years’ War between Britain, France and Spain

    1763
  • Boston Tea Event

  • American Revolutionary War begins

  • Published the "Declaration of Independence"

  • Battle of Saratoga bai

  • The American colonies established the Confederation Clause to establish the United States of America

  • Signed the Paris contract, Britain recognizes American independence

  • Britain recognizes American independence

  • The French Revolution broke out

  • Establishment of the First French Republic

  • U.S. capital is set in Washington, D.C.