1700 1800

American Events 1700-1800

  • Virginia Code

    Virginia Code

    The Virginia code made all non-Christian servants into slaves and all those who were already slaves into an owned property.
  • Enslaved Revolt

    Enslaved Revolt

    Many of the slaved people did not like the changes that were being made and how they were treated. Due to the changes, an enslaved revolt occurred in New York City that lead to general violence.
  • New York Fugitive Slave Law

    This law that was passed allowed for any runaway slave to stand trial for the wrong that they did.
  • Uprising in the Virgin Islands

    Uprising in the Virgin Islands

    Another revolt happened in the Virgin Islands because the conditions and treatment of the slave were very poor.
  • Stono Revolt in South Carolina

    Stono Revolt in South Carolina

    The British colony was surprised by a slave uprising of about twenty slaves and the revolt killed about eighty people. The slaves ended up losing the overall revolt and the survivors were sold off.
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  • North Carolina Enacts Law

    This law was placed to persecute anyone who assisted a freedom seeker.
  • Constitutional Convention

    The constitution that was originally made for the United States had many flaws and impurities within the text. The constitutional convention was the rewriting of the constitution to better serve our needs.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Crispus Attucks started a street riot that started out in a brawl but ended in a massacre. British soldiers opened fire on the colonists. This was the start of the American Revolution to get away from British rule.
  • Battles at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts

    Battles at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts

    This was the battle in which George Washington devised a surprise attack on the British and came out victorious, leaving America free from the British.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    The freedom of the colonies allowed them to write their own laws and standards of government. During this time the first declaration of independence was written and signed and other official documents were drafted.
  • The Cotton Gin

    The Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin this year to help separate the seeds from the cotton so that it would be less labor-intensive on the field workers.
  • Slavery in the Northwest

    The Northwest ordinance banned slavery in the Northwest Territory of the United States.
  • George Washington

    George Washington

    Was the first President of the United States
  • The Second Great Awakening

    The Second Great Awakening

    The Second Great Awakening converts many slaves to Christianity.
  • John Adams

    John Adams

    Second president during 1797-1801
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