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Virginia founded by John smith
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Great Migration
More than 20,000 men women and children come to join the colonies. -
Wampanoag Indians
Wampanoag indians attack villages throughout New England -
First slaves
Thousands of African slaves begin to arrive to the colonies. -
Sugar Act
On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733), which was about to expire. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
Boycott British Goods
Angry with the taxes colonists start to boycott Bristish goods. -
More Boycotts
More boycotts occur under the hard taxes and growing poverty in the Colonies. -
Boston Masacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry. -
Tea Act Passed
Tea Act of 1773 (13 Geo 3 c 44) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party (initially referred to by John Adams as "the Destruction of the Tea in Boston") was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773.
