Tony Mathis By rainwater Sep 9, 1607 Jamestown is founded Sep 10, 1607 A third set of colonies formed in the South after Jamestown, Virginia was founded as a joint stock colony . Sep 11, 1613 English Colonists in Virginia destroy the French settlements at Port Royal, Nova Scotia. Jan 1, 1620 Shortly after the house of Burgesses was formed a group of colonists from England known as the pilgrims arrived in america. Sep 11, 1620 The mayflower compact was signed Sep 10, 1641 The Massachusetts body of liberties was adopted in 1641 Sep 10, 1660 The Navigation Acts were a series of laws passsed it put the idea of mercantilism into practice Sep 10, 1683 The Pennsylvania Frame of Government was passed. Sep 10, 1688 Parliament removed King james from the throne and invited his daughter Mary and her husband William to rule instead. Sep 10, 1689 Parliament drew up the English Bill of Rights. Sep 10, 1699 House of Burgesses meets for the first time Sep 10, 1701 Pennsylvania Charter of Privelages, established part of the basis for the U.S.constitution and the Bill of Rights. Sep 10, 1733 All thirteen English colonies had been established each with its own constitution Sep 10, 1760 An English traveler in America, Andrew Burnaby, wrote that the colonies were as different from one another as "fire and water". Apr 1, 1775 two battles between British and colonial soldiers took place in Massachusetts at Lexington and Concord Jan 9, 1776 New Hampshire became the first colony to organize as a state and craft a detailed written plan for government, or constitution. Jul 4, 1776 The second continental congress apposed the declaration of independence. Sep 10, 1776 Each colony had its own representative government one that had been operating for more than 100 years
