Colonial America
Colonial-Era Events
1,718 events, page 18 of 35 — 1492 to early statehood
1772
Watauga-Cherokee 10-Year Land Lease
Tennessee · Treaty · Revolutionary Era
1772
Formation of the Watauga Association
Tennessee · Founding · Revolutionary Era
1772
Watauga Association Founded
Tennessee · Founding · Colonial Period
1772
Gaspee Affair: Attack on British Navy Ship
Rhode Island · Battle · Colonial Period
1772
Watauga Association Founded by Frontier Settlers
Tennessee · Founding · Colonial Period
1773
Boston Tea Party
Massachusetts · Other · Colonial Period
1773
Founding of Nacogdoches
Texas · Founding · Colonial Period
1773
Massachusetts western boundary settled with New York
Massachusetts · Treaty · Colonial Period
1773
Committee of Correspondence Created in Virginia
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1773
Virginia Committees of Correspondence Formed
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1773
Palóu Sets Boundary Between Baja and Alta California Missions
California · Other · Colonial Period
1773
Quebec Act Places Indiana Under Province of Quebec
Indiana · Legislation · Colonial Period
1774
Intolerable Acts Passed Against Massachusetts
Massachusetts · Legislation · Colonial Period
1774
Harrodsburg Founded as Early Kentucky Settlement
Kentucky · Founding · Colonial Period
1774
First Continental Congress Formation
South Carolina · Founding · Colonial Period
1774
Battle of Point Pleasant Ends Lord Dunmore's War
Kentucky · Battle · Colonial Period
1774
Battle of Point Pleasant, Dunmore's War
West Virginia · Battle · Colonial Period
1774
Georgia Absent from First Continental Congress
Georgia · Other · Colonial Period
1774
Raid on Fort William and Mary
New Hampshire · Battle · Revolutionary Era
1774
Greenwich Tea Burning
New Jersey · Other · Colonial Period
1774
First Assembly of Freemen Convention in Maryland
Maryland · Other · Revolutionary Era
1774
Annapolis Tea Party
Maryland · Other · Colonial Period
1774
Maryland Assembly Prorogued by Royal Governor
Maryland · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1774
Rhode Island Prohibits Importation of Slaves
Rhode Island · Legislation · Colonial Period
1774
Wataugans at Battle of Point Pleasant
Tennessee · Battle · Colonial Period
1774
Spanish Expedition of Frigate Santiago
Oregon · Expedition · Colonial Period
1774
First European Sighting of Washington Coast
Washington · Expedition · Colonial Period
1774
First Virginia Convention and Continental Congress Delegation
Virginia · Other · Colonial Period
1774
First Virginia Convention at Raleigh Tavern
Virginia · Founding · Colonial Period
1774
Dunmore's War and Treaty of Camp Charlotte
Virginia · Treaty · Colonial Period
1774
Serra Sets Aside Tobacco Plants at Mission Carmel
California · Other · Colonial Period
1774
Michigan Made Part of Province of Quebec
Michigan · Transition Of Power · Colonial Period
1774
Quebec Act Incorporates Michigan into Province of Quebec
Michigan · Legislation · Colonial Period
1774
Quebec Act Annexes Region to Province of Quebec
Michigan · Legislation · Colonial Period
1774
Lord Dunmore's War
Kentucky · Battle · Colonial Period
1774
Harrod's Town Founded as First English Settlement West of Alleghenies
Kentucky · Settlement · Colonial Period
1775
George Rogers Clark Takes Illinois Region for Virginia
Illinois · Transition Of Power · Revolutionary Era
1775
Failed American Invasion of Canada
New York · Expedition · Revolutionary Era
1775
New York Provincial Congress Assumes Government
New York · Transition Of Power · Revolutionary Era
1775
British Parliament Declares Massachusetts in Rebellion
Massachusetts · Other · Revolutionary Era
1775
Second Provincial Congress Meets in Savannah
Georgia · Other · Revolutionary Era
1775
Patriots Storm Royal Magazine at Savannah
Georgia · Other · Revolutionary Era
1775
First Battle of Ninety Six
South Carolina · Battle · Revolutionary Era
1775
Transylvania Purchase from Cherokee
Virginia · Treaty · Revolutionary Era
1775
Dunmore Proclaims Virginia in Rebellion
Virginia · Other · Revolutionary Era
1775
Battle of Machias — Capture of HMS Margaretta
Maine · Battle · Revolutionary Era
1775
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Massachusetts · Battle · Revolutionary Era
1775
Transylvania Purchase from Cherokee
Kentucky · Treaty · Revolutionary Era
1775
Wilderness Road Cut and Boonesborough Founded
Kentucky · Founding · Revolutionary Era
1775
Wilderness Road Blazed Through Cumberland Gap
Kentucky · Expedition · Revolutionary Era
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