IT1700s
c. 1700 – Arien D’Alete, a fur trapper, studies with a hidden tribe of Amerinds, begins acting to protect French and Indian interests as Secret Fire.
1704 – French and Indian forces attack Deerfield, Massachussetts, killing 50 and taking 100 prisoners. Among the survivors is Anne Stewart, whose daughter is among the prisoners. Alone and unaided, Anne rescues her daughter and ten other captives, then begins protecting English travelers as Boudicca.
1711 – Tuscaroras Indians battle with English in the Carolinas. Despite the assistance of a trio of legendary warriors, the English succeed in pushing them out.
1718 – New Orleans established. Almost immediately attacked by Natchez Indians. Instrumental in the defeat of several raiding parties is The Maid, a young woman wearing chain armour and wielding a medieval sword.
1725 – The Maid falls in battle with a Natchez raiding party and is captured. She is not heard from again.
1731 – French defeat the Natchez nation, enslaving and deporting survivors to the Caribbean.
1738 – Stono slave insurrection in South Carolina leaves 135 dead. The great majority are slain by one slave who is subsequently slain himself.
1740 – 50 slaves slated to be hanged to pre-empt an insurrection are freed by an anonymous inter-racial couple.
1744-1748 – King George’s War, between English and French colonists. The French are aided by local tribes. English side aided by Iroquois warrior nicknamed Red Falcon. Birth of Elizabeth Stanton.
1754-1763 – French and Indian War rages, as England gains supremacy both in Europe and the Americas.
1763-1766 – Pontiac, Ottawa chief, leads a coalition of Indian force in the Ohio Valley, capturing most forts in the region and laying seige to Pittsburgh and Detroit. Eventually overwhelmed by the British and forced to sign a treaty.
1765 – Quartering Act forces colonists to provide room and board to British troops. Elizabeth Stanton, after nearly being assaulted by a British conscript, begins harassing quartered troops as Clarion.
1767 – Clarion captured by a British ambush, taken to a local jail, then to England where she stands trial, her identity revealed.
1768 – Elizabeth Stanton escapes from the Tower of London and makes her way back to the colonies where she again takes the fight to the British, this time as Lady Liberty.
1770 – British troops kill 5 colonists in Boston Massacre. Four of six tried for murder are acquitted, only to be killed after by Lady Liberty.
1773 – In response to another ambush by Lady Liberty, a Tory in Massachusetts takes the name The Grey Fox and seeks her out. The two battle inconclusively.
1774 – The Intolerable Acts are passed, marked by Lady LIberty’s murder of a Tax Collector.
1775 – The Grey Fox battles with another colonial supporter calling himself Minuteman. The Grey Fox is soundly defeated, but gets away. Lady Liberty is nearly captured in another ambush.
1776 – The colonies declare independence. Minuteman joins the Continental Army. Lady Liberty is captured when attempting to ambush a larger force than she anticipated. Two weeks later, she’s executed.
1777 – British forces attack Philadelphia, forcing the Continental Congress to flee. They’re given time by the sniping and ambushes of Minuteman.
1779 – Minuteman is slain in battle.
1782 – Cessation of hostilities.
1783 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, The Grey Fox is remanded to England, where he arrives to a Hero’s welcome. Memorials are erected to both Lady Liberty and Minuteman.
1788 – The Grey Fox returns to America incognito as a spy, but is discovered and killed within a year. The Federalist Papers argue in favor of the Constitution, but face opposition from Anti-Federalists. Despite assistance from the very persuasive Chief Joseph Brandt, who sees trouble in the Constitution for native tribes, the Constitution is ratified, though only with the addition of the Bill of Rights.
1791 – Bill of Rights is unanimously ratified by the states. Order is slightly different than originally designed, with the Right to Keep and Bear Arms coming first, the Right to Free Speech and Assembly being in one Amendment, Free religion another, and Redress of Grievances a third. An additional Amendment is added forbidding the acceptance or use of any noble titles by any citizen, making the total 14.
1792 – Congress passes National Conscription Act, requiring military service by all males. The Supreme Court declares the law unconstitutional under the Sixth Amendment. This stance is supported by President Washington, and Congress backs down.
1794 – Whiskey Rebellion. Washington sends troops, then reverses himself on conscription when they prove insufficient. A new National Conscription Act is passed, and with Washington’s support, the Supreme Court lets it pass. Conscripted forces quash the rebellion, but not before it forces a change to the Whiskey tax, making it applicable only upon the sale of whiskey across State lines.
