1700-1800 By mordetwi Period: 1700 to 1800 1700-1800 1702 Queen Anne's War begins 1702 New Jersey colonies are established 1712 Thomas Newcomen patents the steam engine 1713 Queen Ane's War ends 1715 The Yamasee War 1717 Edmond Halley invents the diving bell 1750 Britain passes the Iron Act 1754 French and Indian War begins 1763 Pontiac's War begins 1763 King George II issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763 1764 The Sugar Act is passed 1765 The Stamp Act is passed 1767 Townshend Acts lead to riots and protests 1769 James Watts invents an improved steam engine 1770 The Boston Massacre takes place 1773 The Tea Act is passed 1773 The Boston Tea Party takes place 1774 Intolerable Acts anger colonists 1774 The First Continental Congress convenes 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill 1775 The Second Continental Congress convenes 1776 The Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress 1777 Winter at Valley Forge 1777 Battles of Saratoga 1781 Siege of Yorktown 1783 Treaty of Paris ends the American War of Independence 1787 The Constitution of the United States is composed at the Constitutional Convention 1787 The publication of Federalist Papers begins 1789 George Washington is appointed president 1791 Bill of Rights 1794 Whiskey Rebellion 1797 John Adams becomes president
