Colonial America
This course is on the Colonial Americas which culminated with the Revolutionary War in 1775. It is our goal to have a course on each of the revolutions, so please edit and add when needed. To find Wikipedia pages on specific Colonial Americas, please go to the bottom of the page.
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Course Syllabus
Material
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Terms to Know
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Short History of Colonial Americas leading up to and including the Revolutionary War in 1774
This short history has most everything from 1702-1789 regarding the British Colonies in America and the United States of America.
| Date(s) |
Event(s) |
|---|
| 1702 |
Queen Anne's War (War of the Spanish Succession) begins |
| 1702 |
East Jersey and west Jersey become crown colonies |
| 1711 |
Tuscarora War begins |
| 1713 |
Queen Anne's War ends with the Treaty of Utrecht |
| 1715 |
Yamasee War begins |
| 1729 |
Province of Carolina proprietors sell out to Crown |
| 1733 |
Province of Georgia founded |
| 1734 |
The First Great Awakening (1730s to 1760s) begins with the preaching of Jonathan Edwards |
| 1735 |
John Peter Zenger trial on freedom of the press issues |
| 1739 |
George Whitefield tours the colonies (1739-1741) to preach the Great Awakening |
| 1740 |
King George's War ( War of the Austrian Succession) begins |
| 1748 |
King George's War ends with the Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle |
| 1752 |
Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment |
| 1754 |
French and Indian War begins |
| 1758 |
Treaty of Easton |
| 1759 |
Battle of the Plains of Abraham, part of the Battle of Quebec (1759) |
| 1760 |
King George III crowned |
| 1763 |
Treaty of Paris (1763) ends French and Indian War |
| 1763 |
Pontiac's Rebellion begin |
| 1763 |
British Royal Proclamation of 1763 |
| 1764 |
Currency Act, passed by Parliament |
| 1764 |
Revenue Act is passed to enforce the Sugar and Molasses Act |
| 1765 |
Stamp Act passed |
| 1765 |
Stamp Act Congress convenes |
| 1765 |
First Quartering Act |
| 1767 |
Townshend Acts |
| 1770 |
Boston Massacre |
| 1771 |
Battle of Alamance in North Carolina |
| 1772 |
Samuel Adams organizes the Committees of Correspondence |
| 1773 |
British Parliament passes Tea Act |
| 1773 |
Boston Tea Party |
| 1774 |
First Continental Congress |
| 1774 |
Dunmore's War |
| 1774 |
British pass Intolerable Acts, including:
|
| 1774 |
Burning of the HMS Peggy Stewart |
| 1775 |
Battle of Lexington and Concord |
| 1775 |
Battle of Bunker Hill |
| 1775 |
Second Continental Congress |
| 1775 |
Olive Branch Petition sent to King George III |
| 1776 |
New Hampshire ratified the first state constitution |
| 1776 |
Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense |
| 1776 |
Declaration of Independence |
| 1776 |
Battle of Trenton ( December 26) |
| 1777 |
Second Battle of Trenton ( January 2) |
| 1777 |
Battle of Princeton ( January 3) |
| 1777 |
Battle of Bound Brook ( April 13) |
| 1777 |
Battle of Oriskany ( August 6) |
| 1777 |
Battle of Brandywine ( September 11) |
| 1777 |
Battle of Paoli (Paoli Massacre) ( September 20) |
| 1777 |
British occupation of Philadelphia ( September 26) |
| 1777 |
Battle of Germantown ( Battle of Germantown) |
| 1777 |
Battle of Saratoga ( October 7) |
| 1777 |
Articles of Confederation adopted by the Second Continental Congress ( November 15) |
| 1777 |
Battle of White Marsh ( December 5- December 8) |
| 1777 |
Battle of Matson's Ford ( December 11) |
| 1777 |
Vermont, as the Republic of Vermont, passes the Constitution of Vermont, the first in the nation to outlaw slavery |
| 1777-1778 |
Continental Army in winter quarters at Valley Forge ( December 19- June 19) |
| 1778 |
Treaty of Alliance (February 6) |
| 1778 |
Battle of Barren Hill ( May 20) |
| 1778 |
British occupation of Philadelphia ends (June) |
| 1781 |
Articles of Confederation ratified |
| 1781 |
British surrender at Yorktown |
| 1781 |
Bank of North America chartered |
| 1783 |
Treaty of Paris (1783) ends United States Revolutionary War |
| 1785 |
Treaty of Hopewell |
| 1786 |
Shays' Rebellion |
| 1786 |
Annapolis Convention fails |
| 1787 |
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
| 1787 |
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia |
| 1787 |
Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey ratify the constitution |
| 1788 |
Georgia|, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland|, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia and New York ratify the constitution |
| 1789 |
Constitution goes into effect |
| 1789 |
George Washington becomes President |
| 1789 |
Judiciary Act of 1789 |
| 1789 |
Hamilton tariff |
| 1789 |
Jay-Gardoqui Treaty |
| 1789 |
North Carolina ratifies the constitution |
See also
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