CHRONOLOGY

1711

  • North Carolina founded.

    • 1730s

  • Jonathan Edwards promotes Great Awakening.

    • 1732

  • Georgia founded.

    • 1733

  • Benjamin Franklin publishes Poor Richard’s Almanack.

    • 1739

  • Stono Rebellion takes place in South Carolina.

    • 1740s

  • George Whitefield preaches religious revival.

    • 1745

  • Olaudah Equiano born.

    • 1750s

  • Colonists move down Shenandoah Valley.

    • 1754

  • Seven Years’ War begins.

    • 1769

  • First California mission established.

    • 1770

  • Mission and presidio established at Monterey, California.

  • British North American colonists number more than two million.