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Jamestown Virginia, the first successful English settlement is founded.
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It was written by the Separatists, also known as the Saint, fleeing religious persecution from James VI.
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John Locke writes the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina colony.
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Was a plan to place the British NA colonies under a more centralized government. Although never caried out, it was the first important plan to put the colonies united under one government
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Increased taxes on US, and angered colonist.
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The massacre resulted in the death of five colonists. British troops in the Massachusetts Bay Colony killed them.
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The Tea Act is passed. Colonists respond with the boston tea party.
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The battles or Lexington and Concord spark the revolution.
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The Declaration of Independence is signed on July 4, 1776. Which announced that the 13 colonies, were no longer a part of the British Empire