American Civilisation By khamrc 1492 Christopher Columbus reached America 1607 First permanent colony : Virginia 1609 First Anglo-Indian War 1611 First tobacco crop in Virginia 1619 Second Anglo-Indian war 1622 Half-way covenant 1629 Cambridge Agreement 1630 Foundation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony by Puritans 1662 Virginia Slave Code 1663 Creation of the Carolina proprietary colony 1664 New Amsterdam becomes New York 1664 Creation of the colony of New Jersey 1676 Bacon's Rebellion 1681 Charles II grants Pennsylvania to W. Penn 1683 Penn's Treaty 1691 Massachusetts Bay becomes a Crown colony 1696 Board of Trade and Plantation 1699 Woolen Act 1702 New Jersey becomes a royal colony 1729 North and South Carolina are split and become royal colonies 1732 Hat Act 1732 King George II grants Georgia to J. Oglethorpe 1739 Stono Rebellion 1750 The Iron ACt Period: 1756 to 1763 7 years' war 1763 Treaty of Paris 1770 Boston Massacre 1773 The Tea Act 1774 First continental Congress 1775 Battle of Lexington and Concord 1776 Second Continental Congress Apr 7, 1776 Declaration of Independence 1779 Connecticut Slave Petition 1781 Articles of Confederation 1783 Treaty of Paris Period: 1786 to 1787 Shays' Rebellion 1787 The Northwest Ordinance 1787 Philadelphia Convention 1788 Ratification of the Constitution Period: 1861 to 1865 Civil war 1865 Abolishment of Slavery