Timeline of United States pre-history (1700–1759)

Rev. Jonathan Edwards, a leader of the Great Awakening, is still remembered for his sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1700 to 1759.

1700s

• 1702 - William III dies, is succeeded by Queen Anne
• 1702 - Queen Anne's War (War of the Spanish Succession) begins
• 1702 - East Jersey and West Jersey become crown colonies

1710s

• 1715 - Yamasee War in South Carolina colony

1720s

• 1727 - George I dies, is succeeded by George II
• 1729 - Province of Carolina proprietors sell out to Crown

1730s

• 1732 - First Great Awakening

1740s

• 1749 - Province of Georgia overturns its ban on slavery

1750s

• 1752 - Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment
• 1754 - French and Indian War begins, part of the Seven Years' War
• 1754 - Albany Congress, in which a "Union of Colonies" is proposed
• 1758 - Treaty of Easton