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Foundation of Georgia
George Barnwell receives a charter to settle below South Carolina to create a refuge for debtors and the poor. -
Rule of 1756
Ships of neutral countries cannot trade with ports in which they had been excluded before the war. -
Francis Cabot Lowell
Lowell is born in Newburyport, MA. He attends Harvard and begins a business inventing and selling farm equipment. Lowell pioneers in manufacturing interchangeable parts and employing women. -
Decleration of Independance Signed
The United States Deceleration of Independence is signed by representatives of the United States. -
France's Recognition of United States
France officially recognizes the United States as an independent nation. -
Battle of Saratoga
British forces surrender to the outnumbered US troops at the Battle of Saratoga, commonly referred to as the "turning point of the revolutionary war". -
March out of Valley Forge
US Troops march out of Valley Forge in pursuit of British forces who left Philadelphia. -
Capture of Savannah
British forces march into, and capture the US city of Savannah, GA. British troops defeat a local American militia under the command of Colonel Archibald Campbell. -
Death of Goerge Washington
First President George Washington dies in Mount Vernon, Virginia -
Battle of Yorktown
Commonly referred to the final battle of the Revolutionary War, the Battle Of Yorktown sees US troops under the command of General George Washington and French troops under the command of Comte de Rochambeau surround British troops under the command of General Charles Cornwallis. Cornwallis surrenders to the US forces. -
Treaty of Paris
Ending conditions of the United States Revolutionary War, signed by King George II and the representatives of the US, officially draw the Revolutionary War to a close. -
Eli Whitney
Born December 1785, Eli Whitney attended Yale College and invented the Cotton Gin, a machine that revolutionized the cotton industry in the South. -
Judiciary Act of 1789
The Judiciary Act of 1789 established a federal judiciary system, comprising of the federal district court and circuit courts. -
Washington Elected to a Second Term
First President George Washington is elected to a second term of president. -
Halmiton V Jefferson Debate
Hamilton and Jefferson hold a debate concerning the National Bank. -
Bank of the United States Formed
After a charter proposal for 20 years, the Bank of the United States is formed. -
Post Office Act of 1792
This act established the United States Post Office Department as a member of the federal government. -
Edmund Genet's Commissioning
Edmund Genet, the new French Minister, is caught commissioning Americans to be French Privateers. George Washington responds lividly. -
John Jay Sent to Britain
John Jay was sent to Britain to form a treaty compensating for ships seized during open trade in India. The treaty also concerned the evacuation of the Western Forts; however, much to the state's disappointment, Jay was unable to conduct any diplomacy concerning those who had been impressed into the British Navy. -
Election of 1796
Candidates John Adams and Thomas Jefferson engage in a presidential election. John Adams won the election by one electoral vote (He won 71, needing 70). Thomas Jefferson serves as Adams' Vice President.