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1700
1700 - The Anglo population in the English colonies in America reaches 275,000, with Boston (pop. 7000) as the largest city, followed by New York -
1701
On June 4 (some say 2), 1701, Cadillac set sail for le Detroit from Montreal, with 25 canoes, 50 soldiers, and 50 Canadian voyageurs (farmers, traders and artisans). The men included: Captain Alphonse de Tonty; Lieutenants Chacornacle and Dugne; First Sergeant Jacob de Marsac, Sieur de L'Omnesprou; Father Constantine del Halle (or de L'Halle), a Recollet priest; Father François Vaillant de Gueslis (a Jesuit priest); interpreters (and brothers) Jean and François Fafard de Lorme; and Cadillac's 8 -
1702
Cadillac leaves Fort Ponchartrain for Quebec to try to get changes made to the contract with the Company of the Colony (specifically to regain control of his settlement). -
1732
First Great Awakening was also time of war -
1740
Fifty black slaves are hanged in Charleston, South Carolina, after plans for another revolt are revealed. Also in 1740, in Europe, the War of the Austrian Succession begins after the death of Emperor Charles VI and eventually results in France and Spain allied against England. The conflict is known in the American colonies as King George's War and lasts until 1748.. -
1763
In May, the Ottawa Native Americans under Chief Pontiac begin all-out warfare against the British west of Niagara, destroying several British forts and conducting a siege against the British at Detroit. In August, Pontiac's forces are defeated by the British near Pittsburgh. The siege of Detroit ends in November, but hostilities between the British and Chief Pontiac continue for several years. -
1765
In March, the Stamp Act is passed by the English Parliament imposing the first direct tax on the American colonies, to offset the high costs of the British military organization in America. Thus for the first time in the 150 year old history of the British colonies in America, the Americans will pay tax not to their own local legislatures in America, but directly to England. -
1765
In July, the Sons of Liberty, an underground organization opposed to the Stamp Act, is formed in a number of colonial towns. Its members use violence and intimidation to eventually force all of the British stamp agents to resign and also stop many American merchants from ordering British trade goods. -
1770
March 5, 1770 - The Boston Massacre occurs as a mob harasses British soldiers who then fire their muskets pointblank into the crowd, killing three instantly, mortally wounding two others and injuring six. After the incident, the new Royal Governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson, at the insistence of Sam Adams, withdraws British troops out of Boston to nearby harbor islands. The captain of the British soldiers, Thomas Preston, is then arrested along with eight of his men and charged with mur -
1800-1810
Thomas Jefferson was in the White House, Lewis and Clark were heading west, a rebellion broke out in Ireland, Burr and Hamilton fought their duel, and Washington Irving kicked off American literature -
Washington DC established as capital of US
Washington DC established as capital of US -
1810-1820
The National Road and the Erie Canal made westward movement possible, Tecumseh organized Native Americans, the British burned the White House and the Capitol, Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo, and Andrew Jackson became an American hero. -
1820-1830
The Missouri Compromise held the Union together, very bitter elections picked American presidents, the Erie Canal made New York the Empire State, Andrew Jackson's inaugural party nearly wrecked the White House, and Scotland Yard came into being. -
1830-1840
A steam locomotive raced a horse, Andrew Jackson beat up the man who tried to assassinate him, Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands, a siege at the Alamo became legendary, and Queen Victoria began her lengthy reign. -
1830-1840
A steam locomotive raced a horse, Andrew Jackson beat up the man who tried to assassinate him, Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands, a siege at the Alamo became legendary, and Queen Victoria began her lengthy reign. -
Billy The Kid
Sheriff Pat Garrett shoots Henry McCarty, popularly known as Billy the Kid, to death at the Maxwell Ranch in New Mexico. Garrett, who had been tracking the Kid for three months after the gunslinger had escaped from prison only days before his scheduled execution, got a tip that Billy was holed up with friends. While Billy was gone, Garrett waited in the dark in his bedroom. When Billy entered, Garrett shot him to death. -
The O.K. Carral Shoot Out
The O.K. Corral is a term used to refer to an infamous shootout in the American West during the late 1800s between some historical icons. It happened at 3:00pm, October 26,1881 on a Wednesday afternoon in the famous Arizona Territory town of Tombstone. Most regard it as the most famous gunfight that occurred in the American Old West. -
Jesse James
On April 3, 1882, notorious outlaw Jesse James was shot in the back by Robert Ford, who had been offered $10,000 by the governor of Missouri for James’ capture. -
The Brooklyn Bridge
On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn with Manhattan, was opened to traffic with a celebration attended by President Chester A. Arthur, Gov. Grover Cleveland of New York, and Emily Roebling, the wife of the bridge’s main engineer, Washington Roebling.
