ch 14 By Reuben Argueta 1619 House of Burgesses first meet House of Burgesses 1630 1000 puritans founded the Massachusetts bay colony puritans 1634 English Catholics founded Maryland English Catholics 1680 Quakers founded Pennsylvania Quakers 1707 England and Scotland unite to form Britain The English and the Scottish 1765 Parliament passes stamp act Parliament 1770 British troops and American colonists clashed British and Americans 1773 Parliament passes Tea Act Parliament 1775 First battle of American Revolution British and Americans 1776 Thomas Paine called on colonists to break away from Britain Thomas Paine 1781 America won revolution America