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1600-1877 Timeline

  • Jamestown was founded

    Jamestown was founded
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact
    The Mayflower Compact was the very first written framework of government established in the United States
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    The French and Indian War was the last war in the Colonial War. It was a battle between the English and French for Colonial Domination in North America.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act
    The Quartering Act was the Act were soldiers were allowed to break into peoples houses and live there. The people had to feed and help the soldiers.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre was a street fight between the British soldiers and civilians. The civilians were protesting by throwing objects at the soldiers, which led to the soldiers firing at them
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The Boston Tea Party was a protest to the Tea Act in 1773 in which a group called the Sons of Liberty dumped all of Bostons Tea into the ocean.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    A five man committee was made to make a draft of the colonies' intensions. Later after The Revolutionary War ended the Congress adopted the draft and made it the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    The Battle of YorkTown was the battle that emerged after General George Washington invaded General Cornwalis's base. The Battle ended when General Cornwallis surrendered in a field on October 16, 1781.
  • Treaty of Paris 1783

    Treaty of Paris 1783
    The Treaty of Paris was the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War and gave the United States its Independence.
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights
    The Bill of rights is basically the United States's 10 Admendments.
  • John Adams takes Office

     John Adams takes Office
  • Thomas Jefferson takes Office

    Thomas Jefferson takes Office
  • Marbury vs Madison

    Marbury vs Madison
    Marbury vs Madison was a rivalry that began when Madison was making letters for his votes to be in congress were not able to be sent because his term was over and Jefferson commanded them to not send them. Marbury was one of them and he filed a lawsuit because he wasnt able to go to congress.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    The Louisiana Purchase is a treaty that expanded the United states largely in 1803.
  • Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Lewis and Clark Expedition
    This is the Expedition that crosses the undiscovered west part of the United States that involved Lewis and Clark.