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.

## Class Information

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This class has started registration and you can start reading each of the weeks and completing the questions. Please check out the syllabus for more information.

### Student Registration

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## Course Syllabus

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* Course Syllabus

## Material

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* Week 1
* Week 2
* Week 3
* Week 4
* Week 5
* Week 6
* Week 7

## Questions

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Links to the specific week’s questions are found here and in the Material for each week.

Questions

## Important People

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Please see a summary of important people here.

## Terms to Know

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Please see the glossary of Terms here.

## Short history of Colonial Americas until the Revolutionary War in 1774

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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)

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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:

* Boston Port Act ( March 31)
* Administration of Justice Act ( May 20),
* Massachusetts Government Act ( May 20),
* Second Quartering Act ( June 2), and
* Quebec Act

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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* American Revolutionary War
* George Washington
* King George
* Thomas Paine

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