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Founding of Jamestown
The first colonist arrived in Virgina in the Spring of 1607. 100 men sailed into the Chesapeake Bay, and built a fort called Jamestown. The first year it hardly survived, during the first summmer man colonist caught diseases and died. The colonist did not want to do hard work to grow crops, they need food from the Native Americans. Powhatan the chief of the Native Americans supplied food for the colony, but it was not enough. Spring of 1608, only about 38 original colonists were still alive. -
Bacon's rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon organized a force of 1,000 westerners in 1675, began to attacking and killing the Native Americans. Bacon attacked Jamestown, burning it to the ground also forcing the governor to run away. Nathaniel became sick and died, the governor hanged the 23 of Bacon's followers. -
English Bill of Rights
King William and Queen Mary signed the English Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was a written list of freedoms that the govement promised to protect. -
The Enlightment
John Locke published two treaties, the natrual rights, rights that belong to every humman being from birth. These rights required life, liberty, and property, according to Locke these rights could not be taken away . Locke also challenged the idea of Divine Right is the belief that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God. Govement had to protect those rights. -
The Great Awakening
A Christian movement swept throught the colonies during 1730's and 1740's. This religious period was called, "The Great Awakening". A preacher from Massachusetts Johnathan Edwards told people to examine their lives and commmit themselves to God. -
The Atlantic Slave Trade
The Atlantic Slave Trade had an estimate that more than 10 million enslaved Africans were transported to American within 1500's and 1800's. The Spanish/Portuguese brought Africans to a America. The British, Dutch,French, also entered the slave trade. Slave traders set up posts along tthe West African Coast. -
The French & Indian War
The French began to build forts, to claim their land between Lake Erie & the Ohio River. George Washington led the English, the next year he traveled west again with order to build forts where the Allegheny and Monogahela rivers meet to form the Ohio River. The French already started to build forts, since Washington arrived late. Later, Washington's troops attacked and defreated a small French force. -
The Proclamation of 1763
Britain wanted to avoid further wars with the Native Americans. The British goverment issued the Proclamation of 1763. It banned colonial settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. Settlers were told they had to move. The Proclamation of 1763 angered many colonists who believed they had the right to reside whenever they wanted. -
The Boston Massacre
March 5,1770 in Boston Massachusetts an angry crowd of workers and sailors surrounded a small group of soliders. They shouted at the soldiers and threw snowballs and rocks at them. the frightentend soldiers fired into the crowd, killing five and wounding six. -
The Boston Tea Party
In Boston on December 16,1773 a large crowd gathered in the harbor. A large group of men disguised as Native Americans boarded the tea ship. The next three hours, they threw 342 cases of tea into the harbor. As the crowd cheered and shouted, the raiders destroyed 90,000 pounds of tea worth thousands of dollars. -
The Shot Heard Round the World
In 1775 proverbial first shot was fired during an armed stand-off between British forces and local militia in Lexington, escalating into engagements at the Old North Bridge in the battles of Lexington and Concord. Until this day no one knows who fired the first shot at Concord. -
The Battle of Bunker Hill
June 17,1775 in Boston. British General William Howe, the American commander, Israel Putman,he Americans waited until the British were about 150 feet away. The first British attacked failed, also with the second. The third succeeeded, only because the Americans ran out of ammunition and had to retreat. British won the battle, more than 1,000 were killed and wounded. The Americans proved they could fight the British Soliders. -
Common Sense
On January 5, 1776 a 50-page pamphlet titled Common Sense was published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The pamphlet stimulated support for independence. Thomas Paine, the author called King George III a "royal brute". Paine's strong logic and powerful words inspired people in all the colonies. -
The Declaration of Independence
56 men signed the Declaration of Indepdence, wrote by Thomas Jefferson. This document gave us fredoom ! Every July 4th millions of people celabrate this day !
