1700-1799

By bthames11

  • Jose Romo de Vivar settles in future Arizona

    Jose Romo de Vivar becomes one of the first European settlers in the future state of Arizona.

  • San Antonio Mission de Valero is built

    Also known as the Alamo, this was the first Spanish mission along the San Antonio River.

  • Beginning of French and Indian War

    War fought between France and Great Britain in North America.

  • End of French and Indian War

    The Treaty of Paris ended this war.

  • Boston Massacre

    British troops open fire on a crowd of rioters in Boston, Massachusetts.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Colonists dump numerous chests of tea into the harbor in Boston.

  • America declares independence from Great Britain

    After conflict broke out in 1775, the colonies declare independence from England.

  • Treaty of Paris

    This treaty ends the Revolutionary War and Great Britain recognized American independence.

  • Invention of cotton gin

    Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, making the cotton industry more productive.