1700-1800 Timeline

By sierrabenner

  • Virginia Code

    Non-christian servants become slaves and slaves become property
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    First Great Awakening

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    French & Indian War

    Also known as the Seven Years War

  • Treaty of Paris

    Ended the French and Indian War

  • Battles at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts

    First Battles of the Revolutionary War. This was important because the rebells won at Concord, so it showed them that they saw that they could win the war.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Gave the Americans Independence from Britain

  • Articles of Confederation

    First Attempt at a federal government in the colonies. But it failed

  • Constitutional Convention

    This is where they wrote the new Constitution

  • Judiciary Act of 1789

    established the Judicial Courts of the US

  • Fugitive Slave Act of 1793