18C Early American Timeline 1740-1749
1740A great fire destroys half of Charleston, South Carolina.Large numbers of women join churches during the Great Awakening of the 1740s. Some have called this the “feminization of the church.”...
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18C Women Across the Globe
1797 Jacques Grasset of Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810), Woman of the Seed Coast. Costumes of Different Countries, Los Angeles County Art MuseumAcross the 18C globe, dress varied widely. In the early...
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18C Women Across the Globe
1797 Jacques Grasset of Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810), Costumes of Different Countries, Los Angeles County Art MuseumAcross the 18C globe, dress varied widely. In the early 1700s, British &...
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18C Women Across the Globe
1797 Jacques Grasset of Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810), Costumes of Different Countries, Los Angeles County Art Museum Across the 18C globe, dress varied widely. In the early 1700s, British &...
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From Freedom of the Press to St Elizabeth Seaton - The complicated life of...
1757 Thomas McIlworth (fl 1757-67). Elizabeth Becker (Mrs. Richard Curzon or Curson) 1731-1787. Elizabeth Rebecca Becker was born into a family of strong women, but she certainly was not born into...
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18C Women Across the Globe
1797 Jacques Grasset of Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810), Costumes of Different Countries, Los Angeles County Art Museum Across the 18C globe, dress varied widely. In the early 1700s, British &...
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1750Over a million people live in colonial America.The British Parliament passes The Iron Act, limiting the growth of the iron industry in the American ColoniesThe word "bluestocking," is used as a...
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1792 Unmarried woman of HIndeloopen. Plate II of Letters over the united Netherlands by J. Grabner, a lieutenant in the service of the republic. 1792Across the 18C globe, dress varied widely. In the...
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1760George III becomes king of England, Ireland and the colonies1.5 million colonists living in America.British General Lord Jeffrey Amherst (1717-1797) captures Montreal and ends French resistance in...
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18C Women Across the Globe
1797 Jacques Grasset of Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810), Costumes of Different Countries, Los Angeles County Art Museum Across the 18C globe, dress varied widely. In the early 1700s, British &...
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1770Population of the colonies is 2,210,000Boston Massacre. British troops fire point blank into an unruly crowd in Boston, Massachusetts, killing five and injuring 6. Escaped slave, Crispus Attucks,...
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18C Women Across the Globe
1797 Jacques Grasset of Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810), Costumes of Different Countries, Los Angeles County Art Museum Across the 18C globe, dress varied widely. In the early 1700s, British &...
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178012 May. After 40 days of siege, General Benjamin Lincoln surrenders Charles Town (Charleston), South Carolina, to the British forces commanded by General Henry Lincoln.2 October. After being...
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18C Women Across the Globe
1797 Jacques Grasset of Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810), Costumes of Different Countries, Los Angeles County Art Museum Across the 18C globe, dress varied widely. In the early 1700s, British &...
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18C Early American Timeline 1790-1800
1790A Census Act is passed by Congress. The first census indicates a total population of nearly 4 million persons in the U.S. and western territories. African Americans make up 19 percent of the...
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18C Women Across the Globe
1797 Jacques Grasset of Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810), Costumes of Different Countries, Los Angeles County Art Museum Across the 18C globe, dress varied widely. In the early 1700s, British &...
View ArticleTimeline of America's British Rulers
The British Royal House during British American ColonizationElizabeth I (the Great) 1558-1603 Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, last of the TudorsJames I 1603-1625 James VI of Scotland, House...
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18C Women Across the Globe
1797 Jacques Grasset of Saint-Sauveur (France, 1757-1810), Costumes of Different Countries, Los Angeles County Art Museum Across the 18C globe, dress varied widely. In the early 1700s, British &...
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Mary Jemison, Indian Captive 1750s
Mary Jemison captured by Native Americans from the 1856 printing of The Life of Mary Jemison, Deh-He-Wa-MisMary Jemison (Deh-he-wä-mis) (1743–1833) was probably about 15 years old, when she was...
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Sexual Politics-Mohawk-Style 1754
Hendrick Theyanoguin Chief of the Mohawk Indians, published in London in 1755 The British American colonial government convened a conference in Albany, New York, in the summer of 1754. French troops...
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