Table : 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.
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.