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A ltalian explorer made landfall in the Bahamas -
The Spanish conquest led by Hernando Cortes was landmark victory for European settlers. -
The settlement of the first permanent colony of Virginia -
The arrival of the enslaved Africans marks a beginning of slavery in the New World -
Massachusetts becomes a colony -
the British Parliament (Navigation Acts) declared that only English ships would be allowed to bring goods into England, -
Penn envisions what god has in store for him and gets a charter to carry out his plan -
Zenger a writer from New Yor uses the press to become a critical weapon. It organizes opposition to go against the government in New york -
British forces led by George Washington, attempted to battle the French but were outnumbered and defeated by the French. -
the colonists started to ship there own supplies though there was a proclamation, the British found out a tried to handle things but no one was backing down -
Sugar Act was a duty only on foreign goods, the Stamp Act taxed items “no taxation without representation!" -
Declaration of Rights and Grievances, which claimed that American colonists were equal to all other British citizens -
the Stamp Act Congress passed a "Declaration of Rights and Grievances,"this claimed that the American colonists were equal to all other British citizens. -
measures passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. -
collective decision made by Boston based merchants and traders not to import or export goods -
a crowd confronted eight British soldiers in the streets of the city the soldiers finally had enough at all the insults and disrespect and fired their muskets into the crowd killing five colonists. -
Colonist reaction to the Townshed act made them boycott and riot so the repealed the act -
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest at Griffin's Wharf protesting the tax. colonists who were frustrated and angry at Britain dumped 342 chests of tea, imported into the harbor. -
The Declaration outlined colonial conflicts to the Intolerable Acts, listed a colonial bill of rights, and provided a detailed list of grievances. -
The first shots were fired just after dawn in Lexington, Massachusetts the morning known as the "Shot Heard Round the World." -
the meeting of a Continental Congress.George Washington's military and political career -
The Declaration of Independence gives people of America the rights to life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness. -
Thomas Paine a writer uses his writing as a way to set his conflicts and arguments and publishes his pamphlet “Common Sense,” in forth of American independence. -
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown -
delegates present from the colonies signed the Articles to indicate that their states had ratified -
preliminary treaty, the agreement recognized U.S. independence -
ended the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States, recognized independence and established borders for the new nation. -
Finally beings trading with China -
Farmers in Massachusetts began to take action against debtors' courts. town leaders took a stand for the people and drafted a document of grievances and proposed reforms for the legislature in Boston to enact. -
The event where it was decided how America was going to be governed. -
The Constitution was argued upon by the people. -
The first president elected in the United States marks a huge developing government.