1700-1800

By saraeckert
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    The First Great Awakening

    A series of Christian revivals that swept Britain and the American colonies.
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    King George's War

    British vs. French
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    French and Indian War

    Involved North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French. Native Americans also sided wit either sides.
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    American Revolution

    War between the 13 American colonies and Great Britain where the American colonies eventually gained their independence.

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Marked the start of the Revolutionary War

  • Signing of the Declaration of Independence

    Announced the separation of 13 American colonies from Great Britain.

  • Surrender of Yorktown

    Washington's forces defeated Lord Charles Cornwallis' army at Yorktown, Virginia. Victory at Yorktown led directly to the peace negotiations that ended the war in 1783 and gave the American colonies its independence.

  • Treaty of Paris

    Between the American colonies and Great Britain, and it ended the American Revolution. It also formally recognized America as a country.

  • Constitution Signing

    Constitutional Convention assembled in Philadelphia, and thirty-eight delegates signed the new United States Constitution.

  • The Second Great Awakening Starts

    Following the First Great Awakening, Protestant religious revival which spread the religion through 1840.