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The first permanent colony was established at Jamestown in 1607
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The first enslaved Africans arrive in North America at Jamestown.
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North America's first public school is founded in Boston.
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The Puritans' victory in King Phillip's War ends Native American resistance in New England colonies.
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William Penn founds the colony of Pennsylvania.
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Quakers voice opposition to slavery.
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Salem witch trials show atmosphere of mass hysteria.
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The Boston Newsletter, the first American newspaper, is established.
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Benjamin Franklin uses humor to criticize the Puritan establishment in his first published work, The Dogood Papers.
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The sis nations of the Iroquois Confederation cede Ohio Valley territory north of the Ohio River to Britain.
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Calcutta's population reaches 120,000.
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The Boston Tea Party marks a violent rejection of Britain's taxation policies. The Revolutionary War begins two years later.
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Abigail Adams writes first entry in what is published as Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife, Abigail.
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Second Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence.
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British defeat at Yorktown ends the American Revolution
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U.S. Constitution is approved.
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Storming of the Bastille incites the French Revolution.
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Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative of... Olaudah Equiano details harsh treatment of captive Africans.
