Hope Buzzell's AP History Events By hopeb.apush Aug 3, 1492 First landfall of Columbus Aug 17, 1585 Roanoke Aug 8, 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada Apr 6, 1607 Jamestown founded Nov 11, 1620 Plymouth Colony Period: Jan 1, 1730 to Dec 31, 1755 Great Awakening Period: May 28, 1754 to Feb 10, 1763 French and Indian War Oct 7, 1763 Proclamation Line Mar 22, 1765 Stamp Act Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Apr 19, 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord Jun 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill Mar 17, 1776 British leave Boston Sep 19, 1777 Battle of Saratoga Oct 7, 1777 General Burgoyne's Surrender Period: Sep 28, 1781 to Oct 19, 1781 Siege of Yorktown Sep 3, 1783 Treaty of Paris May 20, 1785 Land Ordinance Period: Feb 3, 1786 to Dec 6, 1787 Shays’s Rebellion Aug 7, 1787 Northwest Ordinance