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1771- Regular Movement in North Carolina. 1771- Battle of Alamance Creek. (North Carolina) 1772- Committees of Correspondence set up. 1773- Tea Act. 1773- Boston Tea Party. 1774- Intolerable (Coercive) Acts 1774- 1st Continental Congress. 1774- Quebec Act. 1774- “The Association” formed. 1775- Quakers from the world’s first Anti-Slavery organization. 1775- Battles at Lexington and Concord. 1775- 2nd Continental Congress. 1775- Olive Branch Petition. 1775- Battle of Breed’s (Bunker) Hill 1775- Ethan Allen captures Fort Ticonderoga. 1776-1781- Revolutionary War. 1776- Americans invade Canada. (British) 1776- Thomas Paine published “Common Sense”. 1776- Richard Henry Lee introduces a resolution for Independence. 1776- Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence. 1776- Independence declared- July 4, 1776. 1776- Battle of Trenton- US wins. 1776- San Francisco founded. 1777- Gen. Wm. Howe captures Philadelphia. (Congress Flees) 1777- Gen. John “Gentleman Johnny” Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga-“Turning Point of the Revolution” 1777- Winter at Valley Forge. 1777- Articles of Confederation drafted. 1777- Americans win Princeton. 1778- France-US Alliance. 1778-1779- George Rogers Clark takes Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Vincennes. 1778- Joseph Brant and Iroquois attack Western Settlements. 1778- France declares war on Britain 1779- Spain declares war on Britain

1781- Los Angeles founded. 1781- Battle of King’s mountain. 1781- Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. 1783- Treaty of Paris ends Revolutionary War. 1785- Land Ordinance of 1875. 1785-1787- Shay’s Rebellion in Massachusetts. 1786- Jefferson’s Bill for establishing Religious Freedom. 1787- Constitutional Convention. 1787-1788- “Federalists Papers” written. 1787- Northwest Ordinance. 1788- US Constitution ratified.

1788- Bill of Rights adopted by Congress. 1789- George Washington becomes the 1st President of the US. 1789- Judiciary Act of 1789. 1790- 1st US Census. 1790- Samuel Slater opens 1st cotton mill in Rhode Island.

1791- Bank of US chartered. 1791- Vermont admitted to the Union. 1791- Bill of Rights ratified. 1792- Kentucky admitted to the Union. 1793- “Citizen” Genet affair. 1793- 1st fugitive slave laws. 1793- Cotton Gin invented by Eli Whitney. 1794- Whisky Rebellion in Pennsylvania. 1794- Battle of Fallen Timbers- General “Mad” Anthony Wayne defeats Indians. 1794- Jay’s Treaty with England. 1795- Pinckney’s Treaty with Spain. 1795- University of North Carolina founded. 1795- Treaty of Green Ville. 1796- Tennessee admitted to the Union. 1796- Washington’s farewell Address. 1796- John Adams elected President. 1797- “XYZ” Affair. 1798- Alien and sedition Acts passed. 1798- Virginia and Kentucky Resolves. 1798- Eli Whitney introduces interchangeable parts. (for the Cotton Gin) 1800- Gabriel’s Rebellion in Virginia. 1800- Thomas Jefferson elected President. 1800- Convention of 1800. 1800- Washington DC becomes US Capital.

1801- John Adams “Midnight Judges” appointments. 1802- Yazoo Land Compromise - Georgia. 1802- West Point established. (Military School/ College) 1803- Louisiana purchase. 1803- Ohio admitted to the Union. 1803-1806- Lewis and Clark Expedition. 1804- Justice Samuel Chase impeachment. 1804- Aaron Bur kills Alexander Hamilton in a duel. 1805- Wilkinson-Bur Conspiracy. 1806- Zebulon Pike’s Expedition. 1807- Non-Importation Act Embargo Act. 1807- Embargo Act. 1807- Robert Fulton’s steamboat, “The Claremont”, makes 1st successful run. 1808- James Madison elected President. 1810- Macon’s Bill number 2