| 1711 | North Carolina founded. |
| 1730s | Jonathan Edwards promotes Great Awakening. |
| 1732 | Georgia founded. |
| 1733 | Benjamin Franklin publishes Poor Richard's Almanack. |
| 1739 | Stono Rebellion. |
| 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. |
| 1775 | Indians destroy San Diego mission. |