Political Events (1490-1800)

  • Period: 1490 to

    Encounters and Foundations

  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus discovers New World

  • Georgia Colony

  • Ben Franklin discovers electricity

  • French and Indian War

  • Proclamation of 1763

  • Pontiac's Rebellion

    1763-1766
  • Stamp Act

  • Townshend Act

  • Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

  • First Continental Congress

  • American Revolutionary/ Revolutionary War

    1775-1783
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

  • Second Continental Congress

  • Declaration of Independence

  • The New York Campaign

  • Winter at Valley Forge

    1777-1778
  • Articles of Confederation

  • Treaty of Paris

  • Federalist Papers

  • Bill of Rights

  • Whiskey Rebellion