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Colonial and Early National

By kaitlyn.marie13

  • Defeat of the Spanish Armada.

  • Jamestown is founded by Captain John Smith.

  • The Pilgrims arrive in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

  • The Glorious Revolution in England.

    This leads to a constitutional monarchy and the passing of the Bill of Rights.

  • Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War

  • Proclamation of 1763

  • Stamp Act

  • Stamp Act repealed

  • Boston Massacre

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Coercive/Intolerable Acts

  • Shots fired at Lexington and Concord

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Articles of Confederation

  • France forms alliance with US

  • British forces surrender at Yorktown

  • Treaty of Paris is signed by US and Britain

    This officially ends the war.
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    George Washington serves as the first president

  • Jefferson makes the Louisiana Purchase

  • US slave trade with Africa ends

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    War of 1812

  • Harvard Law School founded

  • Acquisition of Florida through the Adams-Onis Treaty

  • Indian Removal Act