Chapter 3 Timeline

  • Pilgrims

    Pilgrims left England.
  • Netherlands

    Pilgrims moved to England.
  • England

    First 105 colonists sent by London Company arrive in England.
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown is found by colonists
  • J. Smith

    John Smith took control of Jamestown and built a fort around it.
  • Colonists Die

    60 Colonists are still alive.
  • Africans

    Africans brought to Virginia by Dutch ship.
  • First Legislature

    Virginians assemly was first colonial legislature in North America.
  • New Colony

    George Calvert asked King Charles I for a charter to establish a colony in America for Catholics.
  • Mayflower

    Mayflower left off to England.
  • Mayfower Compact

    41 Passengers signed Mayflower Compact.
  • Plymouth Rock

    Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.
  • Powhatan Leader

    Colonists assassinate Powhatan Leader
  • English Crown

    English Crown canceled the company's charter.
  • Purians Colny

    Charles granted a group of Puritans a charter to settle in New England.
  • Calvert's Son

    Charles issued a charter to Calvert's son.
  • Colonists

    200 Colonists come to Maryland
  • Navigation Act

    Navigation Act was put into affect.
  • Free Land

    Charles II gave much of land between Virginia and Spanish Florida.
  • New Amsterdam

    Englished captured the undefeated colony of New Amsterdam.
  • Penn

    William Penn gets charted granted to him by King Charles II to begin colony west of New Jersey
  • William Penn

    King Charles II granted William Penn charter for a colony west of New Jersey.
  • One Government

    James II united the northern colonies under one governmnt.
  • English Bill of Rights

    Passed by King James.
  • Witchcraft

    Community conflicts in New England involved witchcraft.
  • Mass. Bay Colony

    Massachusetts Bay colony expanded to include Pilgrims Plymouth Rock.
  • Proclomation

    Proclomation of 1763 issued
  • Agreement

    Samuel Adams agreed with Otis
  • Sugar Act

    Parliament passed Sugar Act, which set duties on Molasses and sugar for colonists.
  • Patrick Henry

    Patrick Henry presented a series of resolutions to Virginia House of Burgess.
  • Delegates

    Delegates from nine colonies met in New York.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act issued.
  • Boycott

    First colonial boycott in New York.
  • Townshed Act

    Townshed Act passed.
  • Samuel Adams

    Samuel Adams argued that the law violated the legal rights of citizens.
  • British Soldiers

    British soldiers arrived in Boston.
  • Tension

    The Tention has been exploded
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act passed by Parliament.
  • Coercive Act

    In Spring of 1774, the Coercive Act was passed.
  • Stamp Act

    Parliament replaced the Stamp Act.