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Cascadia Earthquake
This devastating earthquake was located off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. Its magnitude was at a 9 and causes a tsunami to hit Japan. -
Yale University founded
An Act for Liberty to Erect a Collegiate School in Saybrook is passed in the Connecticut colony. It became Yale University. -
Queen Anne establishes New Jersey
The queen of England establishes the Royal Colony of New Jersey. They divided into two different provinces. -
Siege of St. Augustine begins Queen Anne's War
This siege sparked war between New France and the English colonists resulting in Queen Anne's War. -
Attack on Deerfield during Queen Anne's War
French and Indian forces raid Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1704. Fifty-six people were killed, while over a hundred were captured. -
The Boston News-Letter becomes the first regular newspaper to be published
The actual first normal newspaper to be published in North America is the Boston New Letter. A postmaster named John Campbell began the newspaper. -
Virginia Slave Code passed
The Virginia House of Burgesses passed the Virginia Slave Code writing the rules on how slaves should act and be like around white folks. -
Siege of Port Royals by British in Queen Anne's War
After a nine-day long siege on the French fort, Port Royal, British troops captured it in Queen Anne's War. -
New York slave revolt
This tragic slave revolt in New York resulted in six suicides and, ultimately, twenty-one executions in 1712. -
Queen Anne War ends with the Treaty of Utrecht
The nearly twelve year war finally come to an end with the French's signing of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. The treaty stated that the British would take control of Nova Scotia. -
First theater in America
In the town of Williamsburg of Virginia, the first ever theater opened to the public, after a contract was signed to build it in 1716. -
Great Snow Storm of 1717
This storm blankets the Virginia and New England colonies with up to five feet of snow in 1717. -
Jean-Baptiste le Moyne, Sieur de Bienvile founded New Orleans
The govern of the French colony of Louisiana, Jean-Baptiste le Moyne, Sieur de Bienvile, along with the French Mississippi Company found New Orleans in 1718. -
French soldier, Bienville captures Pensacola
After the War of the Quadruple Alliance is declared between France and Spain, Bienvile attacks and captures the Pensacola colony. -
The trading post, Le Magazin Royale, built and later will become Fort Niagara
Some French fur traders built Le Magazin Royale as a trading post along the Niagara River. It later became Fort Niagara. -
Villasur Expedition
On this expedition Spanish troops leave Mexico to travel to the Great Plains to stop French's increasingly controlling presence. -
First battle of King George's War begins
The first battle of this war began with a simple raid by New France against a British port, Canso. But this would end up being a four year conflict. -
The Boston Massacre
This happens when British soldiers fire into a Boston mob. Sometimes referred to as the first battle of American Revolution. -
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The Revolutionary War
The Revolutionary War is the war that made our country free and all of us free from Britain's rule. General Washington became and war hero and the first president. Many battles took place during this war, but America got the glorious victory in the end. -
The Declaration of Independence is approved
Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence was approved in the Second Continental Congress of the United States of America in 1776. -
George Washington becomes the very first president of the United States of America
This beloved general and man became the first president in 1789. -
The First Census of United States
Congress conducted this very first census in 1790. It showed that there were 3,929,214 people living in the U.S.