Major Events

College of William and Mary founded

1693

Yale College founded

1701

Smallpox inoculation introduced

1721

First edition of Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack

1732

Jonathan Edwards begins Great Awakening

1734

Zenger free-press trial in New York

1734-1735

George Whitefield spreads Great Awakening

1738

Princeton College founded

1746

Britain vetoes South Carolina anti–slave trade measures

1760

Paxton Boys march on Philadelphia

1764

Brown College founded

1764

Rutgers College founded

1766

Regulator protests

1768-1771

Dartmouth College founded

1769