early america By Ilovemen69 1607 The Jamestown settlement is founded by John Smith. 1620 The Mayflower lands with the pilgrims at Plymouth. 1629 The Massachusetts Bay Colony is founded. 1692 The Salem witch trials take place in Massachusetts. 1754 The French and Indian war begins between Great Britain and France. Both ally with different Native American tribes. 1763 The British win the French and Indian War gaining most of France's territory in North American. 1765 The British government imposes the Stamp Act on the colonies. The colonies protest with the Stamp Act Congress. 1770 The Boston Massacre occurs. 1773 Bostonians protest the Tea Act with the Boston Tea Party dumping tea into the Boston Harbor. 1774 The First Continental Congress is held. The British government imposes the Intolerable Acts on the colonies. 1775 The Revolutionary War begins with the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The Second Continental Congress is held. The Battle of Bunker Hill occurs. 1776 The American colonies declare their independence as the United States of America.