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1215-1735 U.S. History

By tigertull
  • Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    King John is forced to sign agreement giving more power to English Parliament.
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus discovers the New World

  • Colony of Roanoke founded.

  • Jamestown becomes first permanent English settlement in the New World

  • Virginia House of Burgesses meets for the first time.

  • Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth; Sign the Mayflower Compact

  • New Hampshire is founded.

  • Dutch establish colony and name it New Amsterdam; later becomes New York

  • Massachusetts Bay Colony is founded.

  • Colony of Maryland is founded.

  • Roger Williams founds the colony of Rhode Island

  • Thomas Hooker founds the colony of Connecticut

  • Colonies of Carolina were established

  • Colony of New of New Jersey founded

  • William Penn establishes the colony of Pennsylvania

  • Period: to

    First Great Awakening

  • James Ogelthorpe founds the colony of Georgia

  • John Peter Zenger acquitted; Freedom of the Press established

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