Timeline #2 By Mialedia Dec 9, 1721 Cotton Mather began smallpox inoculations in Massachusetts Mar 1, 1733 Molasses Act Sep 9, 1739 Stono Slave rebellion in South Carolina Jan 1, 1754 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin Jan 1, 1754 French and Indian War Jan 1, 1763 Parliament issues the Proclamation of 1763 Feb 10, 1763 The Treaty of Paris ended the French & Indian War May 7, 1763 Pontiac's Rebellion Oct 27, 1765 Pinckney's Treaty signed Nov 1, 1765 Quartering & Stamp Acts passed Jun 29, 1767 Townshend Act passed Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre Jun 1, 1772 Gaspee incident in Rhode Island Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Mar 28, 1774 Coercive/Intolerable Acts Passed Sep 22, 1774 Cotton Mather began smallpox inoculations in Massachusetts Sep 22, 1774 First Continental Congress drafted the Declaration of American Rights Apr 19, 1775 Battles of Lexington & Concord Period: Apr 19, 1775 to Mar 17, 1776 Boston occupied by British troops Jun 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill Jun 9, 1776 Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense Jun 11, 1776 Thomas Jefferson wrote The Declaration of Independence Sep 19, 1777 Battle of Saratoga Oct 19, 1781 Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown Sep 3, 1783 Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War Period: Jan 1, 1786 to Jan 1, 1787 Shay's Rebellion Jul 13, 1787 Northwest Ordinance enacted Sep 17, 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia Jun 21, 1788 States ratified the Constitution Sep 25, 1789 Bill of Rights adapted by Congress Dec 20, 1790 Samuel Slater built a textile mill in America Jan 1, 1791 First Bank of the United States chartered May 13, 1793 Citizen Ghent Affair Sep 1, 1794 Sugar & Currency Acts passed Nov 19, 1794 Jay's Treaty Mar 4, 1797 John Adams elected President Jun 18, 1798 Alien & Sedition Acts passed Nov 16, 1798 Virginia Resolution passed Dec 3, 1799 Kentucky Resolution passed
