American History 1700-1800

By danielbeggs

  • Delaware colony is established

  • Carolina is split into north and south

  • Georgia colony is established

  • Molasses Act

  • Great Awakening Begins

  • Stono Rebellion Occurs

  • French and Indian War begins

  • Georgia becomes a royal colony

  • First Treaty of Paris

    Ends the French and Indian war

  • Proclamation Line Established

    Line made to keep settlers from settling west

  • Currency Act

  • Sugar Act

    Replaces Molasses Act

  • Stamp Act

    First direct tax on American Colonies

  • Quartering Act

  • Stamp Act Congress formed

    Congress by colonies to try and get king to remove stamp act

  • Declatory Act

    Act saying the colonies have to listen to Parliament

  • Restraining Act

  • Townsend Duties

  • Revenue Act

  • Boston Massacre

  • Tea Act

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Quebec Act and 4 Coercive Acts

  • First Contenital Congress

  • March on Lexington and Concord

  • Second Continental Congress

  • Common Sense is anonymously published

  • Deceleration of Independence is Signed

  • Washington crosses the Delaware river

  • Winter at Valley Forge

  • Battle of Saratoga

  • Congress ratifies the Articles of Confederation

    Not every state ratified it at this point

  • Second treaty of Paris

    The British make peace with America and France, granting America freedom

  • Northwest Ordinance of 1784

  • Northwest Ordinance of 1785

  • Shay's Rebellion

  • Northwest Ordinance of 1787

  • Call of Convention

    Congress meets to discuss how to fix issues with Articles of Confederation

  • Constitution of United States is signed by the first states.

  • Judiciary Act

  • Washington is unanimously elected president

  • Rhode Island is the last state to sign the constitution

  • Charter for the Bank of the United States

  • Whiskey Rebellion starts

  • Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin

  • Jay treaty

    Treaty between America and British which made the British evacuate forts in northern America

  • Whiskey Rebellion ends

    Washington uses military to put down the rebellion

  • John Adams becomes president

  • Washington dies