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Roanoke-Sir Walter Raliegh
Sent John White with 117 settlers. They ran out of supples and White went for some. The voyage took 2 years and therefore when he cam back all his people were gone. This is known as the Lost Colony. -
Jamestown
Was the first permanent English settlement named afetr King James I -
Pilgrims
They move to Plymouth, Massachusetts. They created the Mayflower Compact. This was a paper saying how their government would run after they got off the ship. -
After 1763
Brtain regulates colonial trade. They did not want new taxes. -
Boston Massacre
5 colonists died. First person killed was Cristus. Was called a Massacre so people would know about it. -
Boston Tea Party
People dress as Indians and dump all of the tea into Pearl Harbor -
War
Between colonists and British. It was the first battle of the revolution. Between Lexington and Concord. -
Declaration of Independence
It is signed. Wrote by Thomas Jefferson. Kiing George the Thirs is the king of England at the time. -
Battle of Saratoga
Colonists win the battle. The French then decide to join the colonists. -
British surrender
They surrender at Yorktown. -
Treaty of Paris
The year it was signed is 1783 -
U.S Constitution
It was signed. Starts with "We the People"
