Colonial America
Colonial Period Events in VI
861 events, page 12 of 18 — 1492 to early statehood
1722
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Founded
Delaware · Founding · Colonial Period
1722
New Orleans Established as Colonial Capital
Louisiana · Founding · Colonial Period
1722
Treaty of Albany Defines Western Settlement Boundary
West Virginia · Treaty · Colonial Period
1723
Village of St. Philippe Established
Illinois · Founding · Colonial Period
1723
Fort Orleans Constructed in Missouri
Missouri · Founding · Colonial Period
1724
Rivera Inspection of Northern Frontier Presidios
Texas · Expedition · Colonial Period
1724
Bourgmont Visits Kansas River and Establishes Trading Post
Kansas · Settlement · Colonial Period
1724
Fort Dummer Established, First Permanent British Settlement
Vermont · Settlement · Colonial Period
1724
Battle of Norridgewock in Father Rale's War
Maine · Battle · Colonial Period
1725
Peter the Great Orders North Pacific Exploration
Alaska · Expedition · Colonial Period
1725
Act for Better Regulating Negroes Passed
Delaware · Legislation · Colonial Period
1725
First New York Newspaper Founded
New York · Founding · Colonial Period
1727
Morgan ap Morgan Builds First Cabin in Berkeley County
West Virginia · Settlement · Colonial Period
1727
German Settlers Found Shepherdstown
West Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1729
North Carolina Becomes Royal Colony
North Carolina · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1729
North Carolina Becomes a Crown Colony
North Carolina · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1729
Reduction of Texas Troops and Presidio Closures
Texas · Legislation · Colonial Period
1730
Virginia Tobacco Inspection Act Passed
Virginia · Legislation · Colonial Period
1730
Cresap's War Border Conflict
Maryland · Battle · Colonial Period
1730
Battle Against Meskwaki in McLean County
Illinois · Battle · Colonial Period
1731
East Texas Missions Relocated to San Antonio
Texas · Other · Colonial Period
1731
La Vérendrye Traverses Grand Portage
Minnesota · Expedition · Colonial Period
1731
La Vérendrye traverses Grand Portage trail
Minnesota · Expedition · Colonial Period
1732
Vincennes Post Established
Indiana · Founding · Colonial Period
1732
Founding of Georgia Colony by Oglethorpe
Georgia · Founding · Colonial Period
1732
Fort Vincennes Established on Wabash River
Illinois · Founding · Colonial Period
1732
First Sighting of Alaskan Coastline by Ivan Fedorov
Alaska · Expedition · Colonial Period
1732
Ephrata Cloister Founded
Delaware · Founding · Colonial Period
1732
Founding of Province of Georgia as British Colony
Georgia · Founding · Colonial Period
1733
First Settlers Arrive at Yamacraw Bluff, Savannah Founded
Georgia · Settlement · Colonial Period
1733
1733 Slave Insurrection on St. John
VI · Other · Colonial Period
1733
Eastchester Assembly Election and Zenger Libel Case
New York · Other · Colonial Period
1733
Denmark Purchases St. Croix from France
VI · Treaty · Colonial Period
1733
France and Denmark-Norway Treaty; Denmark Purchases St. Croix
VI · Treaty · Colonial Period
1734
Fort St. Frédéric Construction Begins
Vermont · Founding · Colonial Period
1735
George Washington Surveys Fairfax Lands
Virginia · Expedition · Colonial Period
1736
Iroquois Six Nations Protest Virginia Colonization
West Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1737
Walking Purchase Annexes Lenape Lands
Delaware · Other · Colonial Period
1737
Walking Purchase Expands Pennsylvania Colony
Pennsylvania · Other · Colonial Period
1738
Cherokee Smallpox Epidemic
North Carolina · Other · Colonial Period
1738
La Vérendrye Explores Mandan Territory
North Dakota · Expedition · Colonial Period
1739
Le Moyne Expedition Discovers Big Bone Lick
Kentucky · Expedition · Colonial Period
1739
War of Jenkins' Ear Battles in Florida and Georgia
Florida · Battle · Colonial Period
1739
Mallet Brothers Reach and Name Platte River
Nebraska · Expedition · Colonial Period
1740
Negro Act of 1740 Passed in South Carolina
South Carolina · Legislation · Colonial Period
1740
Eliza Lucas Pinckney Begins Indigo Culture
South Carolina · Other · Colonial Period
1741
Bering and Chirikov Discover Alaskan Mainland
Alaska · Expedition · Colonial Period
1741
Moravian Towns of Bethlehem and Nazareth Founded
Delaware · Founding · Colonial Period
1741
Chirikov's First European Landing in Northwest America
Alaska · Expedition · Colonial Period
1741
King George II Rules on New Hampshire-Massachusetts Border
New Hampshire · Legislation · Colonial Period
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