Important decades: 1700s

Question 1

1700-1709

1702 - Queen Anne’s War

Answer 1

Queen Anne’s War in colonies, where the English and American colonists will battle the French, their Native American allies, and the Spanish for the next eleven year

Question 2

1720-1729

1729 - Pennsylvania Gazetter (newspaper)

Answer 2

Benjamin Franklin buys an interest in the Pennsylvania Gazette, founded one year earlier by Samuel Keimer; Franklin not only printed the paper often but also often contributed pieces under aliases. His newspaper soon became the most successful in the colonies. First-hand view of colonial America, the American Revolution and the New Republic, and offers important social, political, and cultural perspective of each periods.

Question 3

1730-1739

1733 - The Molasses Act

Answer 3

The Molasses Act imposed a heavy duties on molasses, rum, and sugar to protect English planters.

Question 4

1740-1749

1744

Answer 4

France invades the Austrian Netherlands - Belgium

Sandistate founded by Mohammad

Question 5

1750-1759

1752 - thunderstorm electricity

Answer 5

Benjamin Franklin flies a kite during the thunderstorm to prove that lightning is electricity

Question 6

1770-1779

1771 - Albany Gazette

Answer 6

Colony of New York gains another member of the press corps when the Albany Gazette becomes that city’s first news paper into publication

Question 7

1780-1789

1783

Answer 7

Official end of Revolutionary War