U. S. History 1700 - 1800 By cathyf2323 1705 House of Burgess passed first slave code 1712 Slave Rebellion in New York 1715 Yamasee Indians turned against Carolina Colony Period: 1725 to 1775 Slavery became significant in north colonies 1726 William Parks set up print shop – first successful printing trade Period: 1730 to 1740 Great Awakening 1737 Walking Purchase 1739 Stono Rebellion 1750 Slavery legal in every North American colony Period: 1751 to 1763 Currency Acts Period: 1754 to 1763 Seven Years War 1757 Surrender of Battle of Hastenbeck 1758 Quakers in Pennsylvania disowned members who engaged in slave 1760 British capture Quebec 1760 King George III takes the crown 1763 British Crown issued Royal Proclamation – Appalachian Mounts boundary between British Colonies and Indian country Period: 1763 to 1766 Pontiac’s War Period: 1763 to 1765 Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and Upper Susquehanna Valley embroiled in war between British Empire and Pontiac’s Confederacy 1764 Sugar Act 1765 Stamp Act (taxes on tea, paper, molasses, and stamps) 1765 Virginia Resolves 1765 Stamp Act Congress met in New York City 1766 Sons of Liberty formed 1766 Stamp Act Repealed 1767 Townshed Acts – taxes on lead, glass, paint and tea 1770 Boston Massacre 1770 Townshed Act repealed except for tea 1773 Boston Tea Party 1773 Regulating Act and Tea Act passed by Parliament 1774 First Continental Congress convened 1775 Boston, Newport, New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston largest cities 1775 British regiments sent to conquer Lexington & Concord 1775 Olive Branch Petition arrived in England 1775 Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition 1775 Dunmore’s Proclamation 1776 Robert Bell printed Thomas Paine’s Common Sense 1776 Declaration of Independence passed by Continental Congress 1777 British General John Burgoyne led army to Canada to secure Hudson River Period: 1777 to 1778 2500 American soldiers died at Valley Forge Period: 1777 to 1778 Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison wrote the Federalist Papers 1778 Treat of Amity and Commerce signed with French 1778 British shifted attention to Southern States 1781 British at war with France, Spain, and Holland 1781 Continental Congress ratified Articles of Confederation 1783 Revolutionary War ended 1783 thousands of Loyalists former slaves fled with British Army 1784 Thomas Jefferson wrote Notes of Virginia Period: 1786 to 1787 Shay’s Rebellion 1787 12 of 13 states met in Pennsylvania to revise Articles of Confederation 1787 Constitutional Convention agreed no official religion 1787 Samuel Stanhope Smith published Essay on the Causes of Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species 1788 U. S. Constitution was ratified 1789 George Washington took Oath of Office as First President 1791 10 amendments added to U. S. Constitution (ie, Bill of Rights) 1791 Hamilton proposed federal excise tax on number of good including whiskey 1791 Congress approved 21 year charter for Bank of United States 1791 First Amendment ratified guarantee of religious freedom Period: 1791 to 1794 Whiskey Rebellion 1794 Jay’s Treaty Signed 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers 1794 Cotton Gin invented by Eli Whitney 1795 Treaty of Greenville 1796 John Adams Elected President 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts passed 1798 President Adams National Thanksgiving proclamation 1799 George Washington passes away
