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Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus began his voyage to the new world
Christopher Columbus attempted to sail west in order to get east. He did not estimate the size of the earth well and did not realize that there was a major roadblock: the Americas -
Oct 12, 1492
Columbus's landfall in the americas
Columbus landed in the americas believing that he had landed in the west indies. -
virginia company lands in james town
the virginia company recieved a royal charter to begin a colony: jamestown -
mayflower compact
the mayflower compact was the begining of the idea of majority rule in the new world. it set up a government for the plymouth colony -
trade and navigation act 1651
stated that all goods exported fromthe british colonies could only be transpoted by english vessles, this basically limited the colonists to only trading with britan ps. the first of october is not the actual date this was passed it was passed in the month of october, although the actual day is not recorded -
Trade and navigation act of 1660
This stated that the crews on ships trading with the colonists must be 3/4ths english, and that all goods that were not produced by the mother country must be traded only with them, such as tabacco, cotton, etc. -
proclamation act of 1763
prohibited setelment beyond the apalachia mountains so that britan could have better contorl of colonies, controled the fur trade, and to increase mercantilisim -
Sugar/Revenue act of 1764
its purpose was to defray the cost of "taking car of the colonies" but in reality it cost almost as much to enforce the tax as they made. this act put tariffs on molasis and sugar and declared that trials could be mover to england or novia scotia, so people would no longer be tried by a jury of peers -
Currency act of 1764
this act prohibited colonial currencies and said that all taxes must be paid in specie (silver or gold) -
Stamp act of 1765
This act put a tariff on stamps, which was required for any kind of legal document, even playing cards were texed due to this act, this act also stated that any people who violated this act would have to be tried in admirality courts that were set up by the british government. -
quartering act of 1765
stated that people had to house british soldiers and that the colonial assemblies must pay for their housing, this lead to local taxes on top of all of the tariffs the british were putting on the colonists -
Townshend acts
these acts put taxes on tea, glass, lead, paint and many other goods, it also moved custom headquarters to boston. the money collected by these taxes was used to pay colonial judges and governers in order to get them on the british side. -
Boston massacre
British sodiers opened fire on colonists rebelling against the townshend acts. these soldiers were tried and found not guilty, but as punishhment they had to have their hands branded -
Gaspee affair
British began trying to enforce the trade and navigation acts after all of the years of salutary neglect, leading to colonists rebellion, when the ship ran aground, colonists beat up the crew and burnt the ship to the waterline -
Tea act
this was put into affect in order to save the british east india tea company from bankruptcy, this lead to great rebellion, such as the boston tea party -
Boston tea party
Boston citizens dressed up like native americans and dumped 10,000 pounds of tea off a british ship into the boston harbor -
the Boston port act
this shut off thre boston harbor to specifically punish the boston citizens for the boston tea party, this is part of the coercive or intollerable acts -
administrations of justice/ murder act
this act allowed the governers of the states to move any trials to nova scotia or england, these were also part of the coercive or intolerable acts -
quartering act (intollerable acts)
said that soldiers could be housed in peoples homes with their families, part of the intollerable or coercive acts -
qubec act
gave property into the colorado vally to qubec's jurisdiction. also part of the intolerable/coercive acts -
first continental congress
the committees of correspondence called forth a meeting. the wrote a declaration of rights and had the sons of liberty enforce non-importation agreements -
suffolk resolves
massachusetts wrote the suffolk resoves setting themselves up in opposition against britian. it claimed mass. a free state, it was kind of like a mini declaration of independence. -
Lexington "battle" shot heard round the world
The british were lead by Gage, who was ordered to sieze the colonial arsenal and capture john hancock and samuel adams. -
second continental congress
they proposed to make an allience with the indians and have them become a 14th state, they appointed washington as general, and athorized an attack on canada -
battle of bunker hill
the colonists were low on artillery and were ordered to not shoot until they could see the whites of the enimies eyes in order to not waste any amunition, the colonists were victorious, causing the british to flea from boston -
olive branch petition
a laast attempt at peace between the british colonies and britan, the king rejected it and declared the colonies in a state of full blown rebellion -
declaration of causes for taking up arms
this was a document justifying why we are taking up arms and attacking the british -
declaration of independence
the declaration had 3 parts:
1) the philosophical reasoning behind wanting independence and listing of natural rights
2) a list of grievences against the king
3) dtated that the colonies were independent form britian -
crossing the delaware
general george washington and his men crossed the delaware christmas nightr and captured a groop of hessian soldiers while they were sleeping, they had zero american casualties and were extreamely successful -
peace of paris
this finally ended the revolutionary war. it declared that the us owned all the land east of the mississippi, it recognized the states as independent, and said that the british would evacuate all western forts -
pickney's treaty
a treaty with spain, gave the us the right of deposit to new orleans -
treaty of greenvile
the native americans gave the us a lot of land in hopes that they would leave them alone -
jays treaty
jays treaty was ratified
