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Fort Pontchartrain is built by the French at Detroit. October 9:Yale College is founded. It will not become a university until 1887, one of nine universities established in Colonial America. October 28: William Penn gives Pennsylvania its first constitution, called the Charter of Privileges.
April 17: New Jerseyis formed when East and West Jersey are united under the authority of the New York governor. May: Queen Anne’s War(The War of Spanish Succession) begins when England declares war on Spain and France. Later in the year, the Spanish settlement at St. Augustine falls to Carolina forces. Cotton Mather publishes "The Ecclesiastical H...
February 29: During Queen Anne’s War, French and Abenaki Indigenous people destroy Deerfield, Massachusetts. Later in the year, New England colonists destroy two important supply villages in Acadia (present-day Nova Scotia). April 24: The first regular newspaper, The Boston News-Letter,was published. May 22: The first Delawareassembly meets at the ...
The Virginia Black Code of 1705is passed, restricting the travel of enslaved persons and naming them officially as "real estate." It read in part: "All servants imported and brought into the Country...who were not Christians in their native Country...shall be accounted and be slaves. All Negro, mulatto and Indian slaves within this dominion...shall...
January 17: Benjamin Franklinis born to Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger. August:French and Spanish soldiers unsuccessfully attack Charlestown, South Carolina during Queen Anne’s War. Enslavement is introduced by French colonists in Louisiana after they raid Chitimacha settlements.
May 1: The United Kingdom of Great Britain is founded when the Act of the Union combines England, Scotland, and Wales.
Massachusettsis becoming more willing to accept other religions, as evidenced by the Quakers being allowed to establish a meeting house in Boston.
October 5–13:The English capture Port Royal (Nova Scotia) and rename the settlement Annapolis. December 7: A deputy governor is appointed over North Carolina, although the Carolinas are considered one colony.
September 22: The Tuscarora Indian War begins when North Carolina settlers are killed by Indigenous peoples.
The separation of North and South Carolina is officially enacted. June 7: Pennsylvania bans the import of enslaved people into the colony.
Learn about all the major events in the History of American during the 18th Century, from 1701 when the Foundations of Yale University were laid, until late into the century with the start of the construction of the white house in 1790.
Read about the history of the United States of America, from Independence, through the Civil War, Reconstruction and the Progressive Era.
1793: The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history kills as many as 5,000 people in Philadelphia, roughly 10% of the population. 1793–1796: Revolt in the Vendée against the French Republic at the time of the Revolution.
3 de dic. de 2020 · Review the key events in American History between 1783 and 1800, when the United States was just forming a new nation.
