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Isabella Phillips

Julia Brown

Camilla Strauss

GSPRITE 1700s Timeline

1770-1784

1700-1728

1798-1812

1742-1756

Geographic

-1775: most populous colonies = Virginia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Maryland

Social

-Sons of Liberty founded by Samuel Adams 1772

-Boston tea party december 16 1773

-Common sense january 10 1776

Political

-1775 royal governors

-Two house legislative body

-Upper house (elected by royal colonies)

-Lower house (elected by the people)

-Revolution

-Tea act 1773, Intolerable acts 1774, First continental congress 1774, Lexington and concord april 19 1775, Second continental congress may 1775, Colonies are officially in rebellion august 1775, Bunker hill june 1775, Olive Branch Petition 1775, Battle of princeton january 3 1776, 1776 second continental congress where new constitutuions were drafted for the colonies which would become fundamental , Declaration of independence july 4 1776, Battle of saratoga 1777, French alliance 1778, Articles of confederation ratified 1781, Treaty of Paris 1783, Spain closed mississippi river 1784

Political

-Constitution says slave trade to end by 1807

(for rest, please reference 1800s timeline)

Political

-French and Indian War (1754-1763)

-Albany congress 1754

Religious

-British invasion of Canada (1756)

Technology

-1750s machines made for mass production of textiles

Economic

-Mid 1700s the wealthy 10% of people in Boston and Philadelphia owned the majority of the taxable wealth

Geographic:

-13 colonies controlled by England

Social:

- Low tolerance for native americans- large riots 1710

- Iroquois confederacy (1722)

Technology

-1721 smallpox inoculation

Economic

-Increase in slaves exported to west indies (ratio 4:1 black slaves: settlers in 1700)

1784

1728

1700

1812

1756

1784-1798

1756-1770

1728-1742

Geographic

Social

-Shay’s rebellion 1786

-Whiskey rebellion 1794

Political

-Northwest ordinance of 1787

-Constitutional convention 1787

-GW president (1789)

-Bill of rights ratified 1791

-1793: proclamation of neutrality

-Jay treaty 1794

-Pinckney treaty 1795

-Farewell address 1796

-Adams presidency

-XYZ affair 1796

-Alien and sedition acts 1798

Technology

-Cotton gin 1793 by Eli Whitney

Economic

-Hamilton’s economic plan 1790

-1791 excise tax on whiskey

-Bank of US created 1791

Geographic

-Georgia founded (1733)- buffer state

Social

- Stono river slave revolt (1739)

Political

-Zenger Trial (1735)

-King George’s War in America (1739-1748)

Religious

-First great awakening (1730s) (old lights vs new lights)

Social

-Paxton Boys protest (1764)

-Boston massacre march 5 1770

Political

-French and Indian War (1754-1763)

-Treaty of Paris (1763)

-Revolution

-Proclamation of 1763, Writs of assistance 1761, Sugar act 1764, Stamp act 1765, Stamp act congress 1765, Declaratory act 1766, Townshend duties 1767, Nonimportation agreements 1767

DURING THIS PERIOD (GENERAL)

Geographic:

-Patriots mostly in New England, Loyalists least populated there.

Social:

-Sons and Daughters of Liberty enforced nonimportation agreements

Political:

-Republicanism vs radical whigs (revolutionary roots)

Religious

-Church England (Anglican)

- Established churches (congregational, protestant)

-Strides towards Religious Tolerance

Intellectual:

-Colonial America was a melting pot made up of Germans and Scots-Irish

-Colleges established (9)

-Republican motherhood : mother’s duty to devote her life to her family and make sure her children were brought up right

Economic:

-Agriculturally based- tobacco and rice. Plantations sugar

-Triangular trade up until 1750

-Post war economy was not very good; many people were poor

-Also after the war, trade with britain was limited

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