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- May 12, 1780 - Charleston, South Carolina falls to the British after an effective siege. More. Prompted by poor vision both near and far, and tired of putting his glasses on and off, Benjamin Franklin invents bi-focals.
- January 17, 1781 - At Cowpens, South Carolina, Brigadier General Daniel Morgan with his band of Patriot militia defeat the large force of British regulars under Lt.
- January 4, 1782 - The Bank of North America opens its doors as Robert Morris, the superintendent of Finance, recommends the creation of a national mint and decimal coins.
- April 15, 1783 - Congress ratifies the preliminary peace treaty, ending the Revolutionary War. More. July 8, 1783 - Massachusetts Supreme Court outlaws slavery, citing the state Bill of Rights "all men are born free and equal."
In June of 1812, violence broke out once again as the United States declared war on Britain. The War of 1812 (1812-1815) had begun, and the Great Lakes proved a key site in the conflict as tribal nations allied with England in their attempt to halt an expansionist United States.
The 1780s (pronounced "seventeen-eighties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1780, and ended on December 31, 1789. A period widely considered as transitional between the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, the 1780s saw the inception of modern philosophy.
Timeline of the American Revolution — timeline of the political upheaval culminating in the 18th century in which Thirteen Colonies in North America joined together for independence from the British Empire, and after victory in the Revolutionary War combined to form the United States of America. The American Revolution includes political ...
The Gradual Abolition Act of 1780, the first extensive abolition legislation in the western hemisphere, passed the Pennsylvania General Assembly on March 1, 1780. To appease slave owners, the act gradually emancipated enslaved people without making slavery immediately illegal.
The economic crisis of the 1780s. The United States may have emerged from the Revolutionary War victorious but economically, it was in dire straits. The strain of a long and costly war had exhausted both state treasuries and private wealth. Both the new national government ($54 million) and the states ($21 million) were left with massive war ...
