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100 pilgrims sailed sailed for Virginia on a ship called the Mayflower. They landed in what is today Massachusetts after storms blew them off course. They called their home Plymouth.
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Anne Bradstreet was the first colonial poet to be published. Her book was published in 1650.
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Nathanial Bacon organized a force of 1,000 westners and began attacking and killing Native Americans, because Virginia's tobacco planters bought most of the land. So there was no land left for the poorer colonists.
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King William and Quenn Mary signed the English Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was a written list of freedoms that government promises to protect.
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At about 1700, slave traders developed a regular routine. It was called the triangular trade. The triangular trade was a three-way trade between colonies, the islands of Caribbean, and Africa.
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The Great Awakening was an emotional-packed Christian movement. Jonathan Edwards called on people to examine their lives and commit themselves to God.
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This court case helped establish another important right called freedom of the press. John Peter Zenger was arrested for printing a series of articles that critized the governor. He was a publisher of New York Weekly Journal.
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French was building forts to back their claim between Lake Erie and the Ohio River Valley. George Washington was sent to order the French to leave.
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Phillis Wheatley was enslaved African in Boston. Her first poem was published when she was 14 in the 1760's. Her work was popular in Europe.
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A large crowd disguised as Native Americans threw 342 cases of tea in the harbor. They destroyed 90,000 pounds of tea worth thousands of dollars.
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Americans surrounded Bunker Hill. Most of them were farmers, and workers. None of them were actual trained soldiers. The Battle of Bunker Hill did not solve Britain's problem.
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Thomas Paine created Common Sense. Common sense was a 50 page pamphlet that stimulated broad support for independance. It was published in Philadelphia.
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This is the day the Declaration of Independance was signed. It was written by Thomas Jefferson.
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Washington's Continental army went through a cruel winter in 1777-1778. They were at a camp at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania.
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On April 15th, 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed. This meant that the war was officially over. Britain and United States both agreed to do certain things.
