Jan 12 The first public museum in the U.S. is established in Charleston, South Carolina.

Jan 17 Captain James Cook becomes first to cross Antarctic Circle (66º 33' S)

Jan 17 Captain James Cook becomes first to cross Antarctic Circle (66º 33' S)

Jan 17 Resolution, under Captain James Cook, becomes the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle.

Jan 06 Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom

Jan 06 Massachusetts slaves petition legislature for freedom

Jan 17 Resolution, under Captain James Cook, becomes the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle.

Jan 17 Captain Cooks ship becomes the first to cross the Antartic Ocean

Feb 26 Construction authorized for Walnut St jail (Philadelphia) (1st solitary)

Feb 12 Savannah, Georgia is founded by English colonists, led by James Oglethorpe.

Apr 27 British Parliament passes the Tea Act. It doesn't fly well in Boston

Apr 27 British Parliament passes the Tea Act (Boston won't like this)

Sep 11 Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace."

Dec 16 Big tea party in Boston harbor-Indians welcome

Dec 26 Expulsion of tea ships from Philadelphia

Dec 16 Boston Tea Party' , when the 'Sons of Liberty' dumped 18,000 worth of tea in the Boston harbor

Dec 16 The Boston Tea Party occurs when American colonists board a British ship and dump overboard more than 300 chests of tea to protest high taxes.

Jul 20 Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada)

Jul 29 The first schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH

Mar 12 Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago

Mar 18 Oliver Goldsmith' "She Stoops to Conquer", premieres in London