1701

• Fort Pontchartrain is built by the French at Detroit.
• Yale College is founded. It will not become a university until 1887. Learn more: Nine Universities from Colonial America.
• William Penn gives Pennsylvania its first constitution, called the Charter of Privileges.

1702

• New Jersey is formed when East and West Jersey are united under the authority of the New York governor.
• Queen Anne’s War (The War of Spanish Succession) begins. Later in the year, the Spanish settlement at St. Augustine falls to Carolina forces.

• Cotton Mather publishes The Ecclesiastical History of New England, 1620-1698.

1703

• Connecticut and Rhode Island agree upon a common boundary line.

1704

• During Queen Anne’s War, French and Abenaki Indians destroy Deerfield Massachusetts. Later in the year, New England colonists destroy two important supply villages in Acadia (present day Nova Scotia).
• The first regular newspaper, the Boston News-Letter was published.
• The first Delaware assembly meets.

1705

• The Virginia Black Code of 1705 is passed. This restricts the travel of slaves and names them officially as 'real estate'.

1706

• Benjamin Franklin is born to Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger, 
• French and Spanish soldiers unsuccessfully attack Charlestown, South Carolina during Queen Anne’s War.

1707

• The United Kingdom of Great Britain is founded when the Act of the Union combines England, Scotland, and Wales.

1708

• The English settlement at Newfoundland is captured by French and Indian forces.

1709

• Massachusetts is becoming more willing to accept other religions as evidenced by the Quakers being allowed to establish a meeting house in Boston.

1710

• The English capture Port Royal (Nova Scotia) and rename the settlement Annapolis.

1711

• The Tuscarora Indian War begins when North Carolina settlers are killed by the Indians.

1712

• Carolina is officially separated into North and South Carolina, each with its own governor.
• Pennsylvania bans the import of slaves into the colony.

1713

• When South Carolinian forces capture Fort Nohucke of the Tuscarora Indians, the remaining Indians flee north and join the Iroquois Nation
• The Treaty of Utrecht ends Queen Anne’s War. Acadia, Hudson Bay, and Newfoundland are given to the English.

1714

• King George I becomes the King of England. He would reign until 1727. 
• Tea is introduced to the American colonies.

1715

• Maryland is given back to Charles, the fourth Lord Baltimore after a long period of royal rule.

1716

• Black slaves arrive for the first time in the French colony of Louisiana.

1717

• Scots-Irish immigration begins in earnest due to higher rent rates in the Great Britain.

1718

• New Orleans is founded.
• The Spanish found the city of San Antonio in the Texas territory.

1719

• Spanish settlers surrender Pensacola, Florida to French forces.

1720

• The three largest cities in the colonies are Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City.

1721

• South Carolina is named a royal colony.
• When Sir Robert Walpole becomes the English Chancellor of the Exchequer, a period of “benign neglect” begins that will have huge ramifications in the years leading up to the American Revolution.

1722

• The Alamo is erected as a mission in San Antonio.

1723

• Maryland requires the establishment of public schools in all counties.

1724

• The first permanent settlement in Vermont is established at present-day Brattleboro.

1725

• It is estimated that by 1725 there are approximately 75,000 black slaves in the American colonies.