1700 to 1800 timeline

By pakesouth1

  • the French and Indian war

    this was the final conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America. The British win a decisive victory over the French on the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec

  • the boston massacre

    this was then british troops fire into a mob, killing 5 men and leading to intense public protest

  • the boston tea party

    this was then english tea was thrown into the harbor to protest a tax on tea. This was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts.

  • battle of Lexington

    This was the first battle of the American Revolution. On this night hundreds of British troops marched from Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache.

  • the signing of the Declaration of Independence

    this was when 56 members of the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. This officially gave freedom to the States from Great Britain

  • Writing of the A of C

    After considerable debate and alteration, the Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress. This document served as the United States' first constitution, and was in force until 1789 when the present day Constitution went into effect.

  • bifocals were invented

    Benjamin Franklin invented the by-focal glasses for people with presbyopia which Franklin himself suffered from.

  • the U.S constitution is signed

    this was when 39 of the 55 delegates signed the new document, with many of those who refused to sign objecting to the lack of a bill of rights. At least one delegate refused to sign because the Constitution codified and protected slavery and the slave trade.

  • George Washington was elected as the first president

    He was commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and served two terms as the first U.S. president.

  • the bill of rights was signed

    James Madison wrote the amendments, which list specific prohibitions on governmental power, in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties. Anti-Federalists held that a bill of rights was necessary to safeguard individual liberty.