-
Scientific Revolution
The Scientific Revolution was a period of great learning where Europeans looked for how the universe worked. Three people that contributed to this were Galaleo Galilei, Isaac Newton, and Baron De Montesquien. -
Founding of Jamestown
The settlers who first settled Jamestown faced the problems of disease and rough climate. The colonists had a good relationship with the Powhatan Confeederacy. John Rolfe introduced a form of sweet tobacco which was grown in Jamestown and he had indentured servants work the land as a way to pay off their live in the new colonies. -
Founding of Plymouth
Plymouth was founded as a colony for Seperatists (puritants who cut their ties with the Church of England) to escape religious persecution. These pilgrims faced a harsh climate and new diseases. Plymouth settlers had a good relationship with the American Indians and were taught by Squanto to grow corn and how to fertilize their crops with fish remains. -
Founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was made so the immigrants coming to the colonies from The Great Migration could escape religious persecution. -
The Great Migration
The Great Migration was a movement of more than 40,000 immigrants to the colonies. This mass movement was caused by economic, politcal, and religious problems. -
Founding of Marlyand
Maryland was founded so that way Catholics had a safe haven and so they could have religous freedoms. -
Founding of Connecticut
(he who transplanted still sustains) -
Founding of Rhode Island
-
The Navigation Acts
the Navigation Acts required colonist to pay duties or taxes on imports or goods brought to the colonies. -
Founding of Carolina
Furniture Cap of the world! -
Founding of New York and New Jersey
Citizens may not greet each other by “putting one’s thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers” in New York -
King Phillip's War
American Indians vs. the Colonist (The colonial militia). This war was called king Philip's War because Metacomet compared himself to King Charles II -
Founding of New Hampshire
“From the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire, let freedom ring. From the mighty mountains of New York, let freedom ring. From the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania, let freedom ring. But not only that: Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.” - MLK Jr -
Founding of Pennsylvania
William Penn founded Pennsylvanie as a safe haven for Quakers. Quakers were very religious people that believed all people had an "inner light" that allowed them to experience God. -
Queen Anne's War
England vs. France and Spain. The American Indians fought on both England and France's sides. -
North Carolina and South Carolina Split
-
The Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was the Christian movement that spread in the colonies in 1730's and 1790's -
Founding of Georgia
James Oglethorpe founded Georgia as a colony for the poor and also as a safe haven for slaves. -
The Molasses Act
The Molasses Act placed duties of sugar, molasses and rum. The colonist got around it they smuggled the goods. -
French and Indian War
The Britian vs. French and Indians fought in this war. Fort Necessity was the start of the French and Indian war because of George Washington. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. the land was changed by giving the French lands east of the Mississippi except of the city of New Orleans. -
Proclamation of 1763
To end the conflicts with the colonist and the American Indians, The Proclamation of 1763 banned the colonist to settle west of the Apps. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act set duties, or taxes on molasses and sugar imported by colonist. It was padded to pay for the French and Indian War. Because the weren't being represented in palarement the started to Boycott. -
The Stamp Act
It taxed all paper goods, this included newspaper, pamhplets, and even playing cards -
The Townshend Acts
It taxed imported oods such as glass, tea, lead paint, and paper. WRits of Assistance were granted as search warrants so the law could be enforced. The colonists felt this violated their right due to the fact that "taxation without representation" ocurred. In order to protest, they would boycott British goods. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when British Soldiers fired into a crowd and killed five people. John Adams and Josiah Quincy were their lawyers in the situation and the soldiers were proven "not guilty" because it was self defense on their part. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act put a tax on all tea imported from the British East Indea tea company. -
Boston Tea Party
The dumping of more than 342 barrels of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts caused:
1. the Boston Harbor to be closed until all the dumped tea was paid for.
2. the Massachusetts Charter to be cancelled.
3. People were sent to Britain for the trial.
4. Quarter act was passed.
5. General Thomas Cage became the new governor of Massachusetts. -
Founding of Delaware
