Curriculum Materials: Art in America Timeline A.D. 0-1600 1600's 1700's 1800's 1900's 1700's 1722 Incorporation of Charles City and Port in South Carolina. 1735 Iroquois League of Six Nations signs a treaty of friendship with Pennsylvania. 1740 Connecticut Room About 1763 John Singleton Copley, Mrs. Nathaniel Allen 1760s Joseph Badger, Portrait of Abigail Gowens 1772 Charleston Drawing Room 1773 Boston Tea Party occurs. 1775 British Parliament proclaims Massachusetts to be in revolt against the Crown. 1775 Silversmith Paul Revere rides across Massachusetts to warn Minutemen that British troops are coming to arrest revolutionaries. 1776 Congress proclaims the Declaration of Independence (July 4). 1783 Charles City and Port reincorporates as Charleston, SC. 1789 11 of 13 states ratify the United States Constitution. The United States of America inaugurates its first president, George Washington. 1792-93 Paul Revere, Templeman Tea Service 1799 George Washington dies. To the Teacher ~ Introduction ~ Timeline ~ Artwork Index ~ Categories for Comparison ~ Glossary ~ How to Order ~ Your Comments