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The Royal Colony of New Jersey is established by Queen Anne, and is separate from the provinces of East and West New Jersey.
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The French sign a treay agreeing to give Nova Scotia to the British, ending Queen Anne's War.
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The first theater in the colonies opens for business in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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The Spanish Villasur expedition leaves Mexico and heads towards the Great Plains to control the French activities.
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Proprietors sell North Carolina to the British Crown, establishing North Carolina as a Crown Colony.
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George Washington is born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
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Freedom of the Press became recognized in New York after the trial of John Peter Zenger, who had been accused of defaming the British government in his journals. The presses charged against him were dissolved.
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George Whitefield arrives at North America and becomes a significant preacher in the First Great Awakening movement.
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Twenty-nine years after the first revolt of slaves in New York, a new uprising occurs, causing the death and deportation of many slaves.
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Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod.
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The Battle of Fort Necessity occurs in southwestern Pennsylvania in a small fort built for supplies. Washington ends up surrendering the Fort.
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French and Indian War ends with a peace treaty that cedes Canada and the American Midwest to the English.
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9 colonies hold a Stamp Act Congress to address and refute the taxations that the British Government was enforcing to pay for their troops.
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A large group of colonial patriots disguised as Indians dumped more than three hundred crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest against the tea taxations from the British.
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First Continental Congress occurs in Philadelphia, representing every colony except Georgia. Delegates include Patrick Henry, George Washington, and Samuel Adams.
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The beginning of the war of independence fought between Great Britain and the 13 British colonies in North America is marked by the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
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Great Britain acknowledges America's independence in the Treaty of Paris, which officially brings the war to an end.
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Farmers from New Hampshire to South Carolina rise to protest high taxes and unmerciful consequences for failure to pay.
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A constitutional Convention including representatives from 12 of the colonies is held to write the US Constitution.
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George Washington is elected president of the United States in a vote by state electors.
