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Founding of Roanoke
First colony founded of about 100 british colonist, all died soon -
Founding of Jamestown
The first british colonist landed in America and founded the colony of Jamestown -
First resupply of Jamestown
Due to the amount of deaths in the colony more colonist were sent from britian to resupply the colony -
Settlement of Quebec
Quebec settled by the french -
Second Resupply of Jamestown
Even more people died in the coloniy so more were sent over to repopulate -
Settle ment of New Amsterdam
Now preseident day new york made to exscape puritan pursicution -
First meeting of House of Burgesses
22 officals met in a church to make laws for the colonist -
First African Slave Sold
The first slaves were brought over in a portugese ship from africa -
Pilgrims land at Plymoth
First batch of pilgrams land at Plymoth Virginia -
The First Thanksgiving
Pilgrams and Native Americans came toghter for a Indian tradition to give thanks for the world, Indians taught pilgrams how to survive -
Founding of Boston
Boston Philidelphia was founded by british colonist -
Founding of Rhode Island
the state Rhode Island was founded by british colonist -
Start of the Enlightnment
Start of a period in Americas where religious thinking was encouraged -
King Philps War
War against the combined forces of several native american tribes and the colonist over the land -
Bacons Rebellion
lead farmers to rebel against the Articles of Confederation -
Settlement of Philidelphia
Phildelphia established by british -
Salem witch trials
Women in Salem accused other women at witches and burned them later proved to be fake -
Ben Franklin opens printing shop
Benjamin Franklin opens a printing shops in philidelphia -
Founding of Georgia
James Olgethorp and 75 coloinst founded Georgia colony -
Start of the Great Awakening in America
event where religous thinking and natural rights were philosiphied -
Battle for Fort Ticonderoga
Battle for Fort Ticonderoga by Lake Ontario Americans lost fort and british gained it -
Benjamin Franklins First European Visit
Benjamin Franklin visited London as a representative of the Pasilvania Assembally -
Fall of Quebec
Quebec fell economicly and was attacked by british soilders -
Proclamation of 1763
Banned expansion into the western frontier after franch and Indian war -
End of the French And Indian War
France lost the war and british won, created the procolmation of 1763 after it to save the feelings on the Native Americans -
Proclamation of 1763
After French and Indian war, Parliment created law to ban exporation into the western frontier -
Parliment passses the Sugar Act
british passed act to tax sugar and mollasses in the colonies -
Parliment Passes the Stamp Act
Parliment passed tax that put a tax on all paper produects in the colonies -
First Meeting of Sons of Liberty
First meeting of the group founded by Samueal Adams to fight the british -
Parliment passes the Townshends Act
Act that forces colonist to feed and house the British army -
Boston Massacre
Colonist threw snowballs at british soldies so they shot and killed 11 colonist used to spread britishs anti-sentiment -
Parliment Passes the Tea Act
Tea Act passed that unnessicarly taxed tea in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
Tired of paying a hefty tax on tea the sons of liberty dressed as indians and dumped british tea into the harbor -
Patrliment passes the Intolerable Acts
In responses to the Tea Party the acts were passed to punish Massassachusis -
First Continental Congress
Congress where representatives from each state got toghter and discussed the events going on in their country -
Battle of Concord
Shot the started the revolutionary war between militia and british soilders -
Battle at Lexington
Happened a few hours after the battle of Concord started the Revolutionary war -
Second Continential Congress meets
The second continetial congress focused more of war efforts -
Olive Branch Petition
A petttion tried in rder to aviod full war with britian -
Decleration of Independance
Document that replaced the articles of confederation and is still inplace today, set up the framework for our goverment -
Publishing of Common Sense
the pamplet Comon Sense was published by Thomas Jefferson to rally support for the war -
Valley Forge
Continetial army spent winter here being trained -
Battle of Trenton
battle on christmas where colonist surprised german mercaniaries by coming across a river -
Crossing the Deleware
George Washington led the troops across the deleware to surprise the Hessians and capture over 600 POWs -
Marquis de Lafayette Lands in America
Marquis came to america from Paris to become a polititian in the new world after he heard about the problems they were haivng -
Congress adopts first US Flag
First flag pased on the same day the Articles of Confederation was -
Battle for Fort Ticonderoga
Battle over Fort Ticonderoga , near lake Ontario where Americans quickly retreaded and british gained the fort. -
Battle of Saratoga
One of the biggest wins in the revolutionary war for the colonist, having more troops the colonist invided the british camp and dominated -
Articles of Confederation
A preliminarly government that didnt have a strong enough central government -
Battle of Yroktown
Battle at Yorktown where french and Americans surrounded the British and made them surrender -
The Rights of Man
Phamplet published by Thomas Paine to help set the right direction for the declaration of Indp. -
End of the American Revolution
British surrendered to americans -
Shay Rebelion
Tired with the weak central government of the Articles of Confederation Shay and some followers started a riot where they burned down the court houses -
Constitutional Convention
Officals from each colony meet in Virginia to discuss issues in the colonies. -
3/5ths Compromise
A comprimise created at the constitutional convention where for every 5 slaves three of them counted for both population and taxation -
Great Comprimise is Passed
Comprimise where the representation of little states and small states was devised -
Federalist Papers Published
federalist papers to spread the word about the revolution and which side the colonist should be on -
George Washington inaugurated as President
George Washington officaal first president -
First US Supreme Court meeting
First meeting on the court, issued the first census -
First US bank
First US bank chartered by the secertary of the time -
Bill of Rights Amendend
Bill of rights ammenend so that our rights were protected -
Washington Innaguration
Washingtons Innaguration held in Phildelphia -
Whiskey Rebellion
Corn Farmers in the northwest ordiance got mad over a tax on whiskey and rioted
