Colonial America

By tannerpaige

  • Jamestown, VA founded

  • First African slaves arrive in Jamestown

  • The Mayflower pilgrims establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony

  • North America's first public school is founded in Boston

  • King Phillip's War ends Native American resistance to English

  • William Penn founds Pennsylvania

  • Quakers voice opposition to slavery

  • Salem Witch trials cause mass hysteria in Salem

  • Colonial population reaches around 500,000 people

  • Period: to

    Great Awakening

  • Iroquois Confederation cede Ohio River Valley to Britain

  • Boston Tea Party

  • 2nd Continental Congress adopts Declaration of Independance

  • American Revolution ends at Yorktown

  • U.S. Constitution approved