100 



THE STANDARD DICTIONARY OF FACTS 



A. D. 



FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF JAMESTOWN TO THE DECLARATION OF 



IXDEl'FXDKXCE 1GO7-1776 



British America 



( .ill. M!;. 



Spanish America 



1765 



1770 

 1773 



1774 

 1775 



1776 



Delegates of the Colonies assemble in 

 New York to resist the Stamp Act. 



Boston M; 



Tea thrown overboard in Boston 



Harbor. 

 The Colonial Congress adopts a 



Declaration of Rights. 

 Beginning of the Revolutionary 



War with the Battle of Lexington. 

 Articles of Union and Confederation 



adopted. 

 Washington appointed comma nder- 



in-chief of the American forces. 

 First Union flag unfurled at Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. 

 British evacuate Boston. 

 Declaration of Independence at 



Philadelphia. 



1764. Population of Canada, 

 about 60.000. 



1775. Gen. Montgomery captures 

 Montreal and St. John. 



Death of Montgomery at 

 Quebec and failure of Ameri- 

 can campaign. 



1766. Large colony of Aca- 

 dians arrive in Louisiana. 



1768. Revolt of the French 

 against Spanish rule in 

 Louisiana. 



1773. Santiago, Guatemala, 

 destroyed by an earth- 

 quake. 



1776. Paraguay placed under 

 the jurisdiction of Bue- 

 nos Ayres. 



Buenos Ayres made 

 capital of the viceroy- 

 alty. 



FROM THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TO THE ADOPTION 

 OF THE CONSTITUTION 1776-1789, A. D. 



United States 



Canada 



Spanish 

 North America 



Spanish 

 South America 



1777 



1778 



1779 



1780 

 1781 



1782 

 1783 



1784 



1785 

 1786 



1787 

 1788 



Landing of Lafayette at Charleston. 



Battle of Princeton. 



Battle of Brandywine. 



British Army occupies Philadelphia. 



Surrender of Burgoyne. 



Articles of Confederation adopted by 

 the Thirteen Colonies. 



Treaty of Alliance with France. 



Evacuation of Philadelphia by the 

 British. 



Seventh Continental Congress meets 

 at Philadelphia. 



Battle of Monmouth. 



British driven from South Carolina. 



Stony Point captured by Wayne. 



Paul Jones gains naval victory over 

 the British off the coast of Scot- 

 land. 



Major AndnS hanged as a spy. 



Battle of Kings Mountain, S. C. 



Benedict Arnold turns traitor. 



Americans victorious at Cowpens. 



Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown. 



Bank of North America established 

 at Philadelphia. 



Holland recognizes the independence 

 9f the United States. 



British evacuate Charleston. 



French army embarks from Boston. 



Preliminary articles of peace signed 

 at Paris. 



Denmark, Sweden, Spain, and Rus- 

 sia recognize the independence of 

 the United States. 



Treaty of peace signed with Great 

 Britain. 



Eighth Continental Congress meets 

 at Princeton, N. J. 



Congress adopts decimal currency 

 system. 



Tenth Continental Congress meets 

 at Trenton, N. J. 



Thomas Jefferson appointed Minis- 

 ter to France; John Adams to 

 Great Britain. 



Daniel Shay's rebellion in Massa- 

 chusetts. 



United States Mint authorized. 



Constitutional convention assem- 

 bles at Philadelphia. 



Last Continental Congress adjourns. 



1778. Frederick 

 Haldinand, 

 Governor of 

 Canada. 



1779. Library 

 founded at 

 Quebec. 



1780. Coteau du 

 Sack Canal 

 built. 



1779. Baton Rouge 

 captured from 

 the British. 



1783. St. John, N. 

 B., founded. 



Kingston 

 founded. 



1784. N. E. Loyal- 

 ists settle in 

 Upper Canada. 



Liberty of 

 conscience pro- 

 claimed in 

 Newfoundland. 



1788. King's Col- 

 lege, Windsor, 

 Nova Scotia, 

 founded. 



1783. Limits of 

 Belize defined. 



1784. Island of St. 

 Bartholomew 

 transferred to 

 Sweden. 



1780. Insurrection of 

 Peruvians under 

 Amaru. 



1781. The English 

 Admiral Rodney 

 takes possession 

 of Guiana. 



1783. Dutch colonies 

 restored to Hol- 

 land. 



1786. Pacifications of 

 the negroes and 

 tribes in Dutch 

 Guiana. 



