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Chronological Table. 837 1758 Amherst captures Louisbourg. 1759 Capture of Quebec. Death of Wolfe. 1760 Capitulation of Montreal. Occupation of Canada. 1761 Trouble over Writs of Assistance. 1762 Louis XIV cedes to Spain New Orleans and Louisiana west of the Mississippi. 1763 Treaty of Paris cedes Canada with Cape Breton and He de St Jean (Prince Edward Island) to England. Spain also cedes Florida. 1764 Grenville's Act modifying the Sugar Act. 1765 Passing of the Stamp Act. Stamp Act Congress in New York. 1766 Repeal of the Stamp Act. Passing of the Declaratory Act. Chatham Ministry in England. 1767 Imposition of duties on tea and other commodities. 1768 Seizure of the Liberty. Resignation of Chatham. 1770 The "Boston Massacre." Lord North Prime Minister. 1772 Burning of the Gaspee. 1773 Boston Tea Riot. The Hutchinson Letters. 1774 Boston Port Bill and Quebec Bill. Meeting of first American Congress. 1775 Chatham's motion for conciliation. Battle of Lexington. Second American Congress. Washington made Commander-in-Chief. Battle of Bunker Hill. 1776 Declaration of Independence. 1778 Treaty between France and the United States. Death of Chatham. 1779 Spain joins France. 1780 Holland joins France. Armed Neutrality of the North. 1781 Cornwallis capitulates at Yorktown. 1783 Treaty of Paris. Recognition of American Independence. Loyalists leave New York for Canada. 1787 Constitutional Convention: Constitution published. 1788 The Constitution generally accepted. 1789 The Constitution comes into force. Washington and Adams inaugurated President and Vice-President. 1790 Rhode Island accepts the Constitution. Philadelphia selected as seat of government for ten years. 1791 Bank of the United States chartered. First ten Amendments come into force. Vermont admitted. 1792 Washington re-elected President. Kentucky admitted. 1793 Washington issues declaration of neutrality in war between France and the Allies. Invention of the cotton-gin. British Government issues Order in Council prohibiting neutral trade with French colonies. Republican and Federal parties so called. 1794 Second Order in Council issued against neutral trade. Jay's Treaty with Great Britain. 1795 Treaty with Spain defining southern boundary of United States. 1796 John Adams elected President. Congressional Caucus begins. Tennessee admitted. 1797 Special envoys appointed to treat with the Directory. Publication of the " XYZ despatches." 1798 War with France begins. British Order in Council forbidding direct trade between France, Spain, and the Netherlands, and their colonies. 1799 Great Britain declares coast of Holland under blockade. System of "broken" voyages adopted. Death of Washington. 1800 Treaty with France, annulling the Treaty of 1778. Secret treaty between France and Spain, retroceding Louisiana to France.