Us history 1700-1800 By NathanKiblinger11 1707 The Act of Union unites England and Scotland, forming the Kingdom of Great Britain 1723 The House of Burgesses passes an act to deal with slave rebellions. 1763 The French and Indian War. 1770 The Boston massacre 1776 Decleration of independence 1781 Cornwallis surrenders at the Battle of Yorktown, effectively ending the American Revolutionary War. 1787 U.S. Constitution is written at the Constitutional Convention. 1789 George Washington becomes the first President of the United States. 1793 Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin. 1799 Napoleon Bonaparte becomes First Consul of France.