# 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

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
## Course Syllabus

* Course Syllabus

## Material

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

## Questions

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

## Important People

Please see a summary of important people here.

## Terms to Know

Please see the glossary of Terms here.

## Short history of Colonial Americas until 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: 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 |