-
The first regular newspaper publishes its first edition in Boston.
-
The House of Burgess passes the Virginia Slave Codes of 1705
-
-
North Carolina fights against the Tuscarora people in the Tuscarora war. Considered the bloodiest colonial war for North Carolina
-
Uprising of 23 enslaved Africans in New York. 9 white people were killed and 6 injured.
-
George Whitefield begins his travels through the colonies. His message initiates the first great awakening
-
War between the British and French colonies backed each by Indian allies
-
Quebec is taking by the British, assuring victory for the British in the French and Indian War
-
The British formally gain control of Canada and all French land east of the Mississippi River
-
First Tax on colonies imposed by the British Government
-
Act of parliament that imposed tax on printed materials in the colonies
-
British troops fire into a group of rioters. Killing five men and leading to public protest.
-
Group of colonial patriots board ships in the Boston Harbor and dump 300 crates of tea overboard in protest of the British Tea Tax
-
The first colonial congress meets in Philadelphia
-
Punitive laws passed by parliament to punish the Massachusetts colonist for the Boston Tea Party
-
War between Great Britain and the 13 colonies for independence
-
continental congress adopts the declaration of independence
-
The continental congress adopts the articles of confederation, the first us constitution
-
Yorktown, VA
-
Britain formally acknowledges American independence with the Treaty of Paris and the war officially ends
-
Shays's rebellion begins. Farmers protest high taxes high state taxes
-
The constitutional convention meets in Philadelphia to draft the US Constitution
-
George Washington is unanimously elected the first president of the United States
-
-
-
-
-