Technology Project #3 1700-1800 By ccastle1171 1700 250,000 settlers in English colonies 1704 First colonial newspaper 1732 Georgia chartered-last of the original colonies Period: 1734 to 1735 Zenger trial in New York 1736 Proclamation Line established, Peace of Paris ended French and Indian War 1739 Stono slave rebellion in South Carolina Period: 1739 to 1744 Great Awakening (began in Massachusetts in 1734) 1754 Albany Plan of Union rejected Period: 1756 to 1763 French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) 1760 Reign of George III began Period: 1763 to 1764 Pontiac's Rebellion Period: 1764 to 1765 Sugar Act and Stamp Act Controversies 1766 Stamp Act repealed and Declaratory Act 1767 Daniel Boone breached the Cumberland Gap 1767 Townshend duties and New York Assembly suspended, boycotts began 1769 James Watt patented the steam engine 1770 Boston Massacre 1772 Committe of Correspondence formed in Boston, Gaspee incident 1773 Sons of Liberty and the Boston Tea Party 1774 Coercive Acts, First Continental Congress convened 1775 American Revolution began Fighting at Lexington and Concord 1775 Second Continental Congress-appiontment of George Washington 1776 Common Sense published 1776 Declaration of Independance signed 1776 First state constitution written 1777 British defeated at Saratoga 1777 Articles of Confederation adopted 1778 Franco-American Alliance established 1781 Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown Period: 1781 to 1784 States ceded western lands to Conferation 1783 Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War 1783 Slavery abolished in Massachusetts 1784 Judith Sargent Murray published an essay on women's rights Period: 1784 to 1787 Northwest Ordinances of 1784, 1785, and 1787 1785 New York first capital of Confederation Congress 1786 Annapolis Convention 1786 Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom passed 1787 Shays's Rebellion 1787 Constitution Convention 1788 Federalist Papers published 1788 Constitution adopted 1789 George Washington elected POTUS 1789 French Revolution began 1789 Judiciary Act of 1789 1789 Tariff of 1789 1790 Capital placed on Potomac River 1790 Samuel Slater built first modern factory in America 1791 First BUS chartered 1792 First Toll road constructed from Philidelphia to Lancaster 1793 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin 1793 Citizen Genet affair challenged US neutrality 1794 Whiskey Rebellion quelled in PA 1794 Indians defeated at Fallen Timbers 1795 Jay's Treaty signed 1795 Pinckney Treaty signed 1796 Washington's Farewell address 1797 John Adam's elected POTUS 1798 XYZ Affair and quasi war with France 1798 Alien and Sedation Acts 1798 Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions passed 1800 Capital moved to Washington DC 1800 Revolution of 1800