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Aug 22, 1000
Vikings land in North America
Leif Erikson lead a group of viking explorers to find a new land called vinland. It is now known as Newfoundland. -
Period: Aug 22, 1000 to
Early America to the Revolutionary War
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Sep 28, 1066
William of Normandy Conquers England
William the duke of Normandy had wanted the thrown of England for years. His distant cousin Edward and the king Harold Godwinson had promised him the throne. When Harold's ships had been blown onto the Normandy shore, William went to England to take over the throne. -
Jun 15, 1215
The Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was established that everyone including the King was subject to law. This was so that King John could not treat the people to harshly. -
Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus discovers America
In 1492 Columbus set sail with his three ships, then Nina the Pinta and the Santa Maria. He had originally set out to find Asia but instead he found a whole new land and found that the world was in fact round and not flat. -
Aug 22, 1497
John Cabot explores North America
He was the first European to explore the new lands since the vikings years before. He made three voyages to explore the Americas. His first voyage failed when he ran out of supplies half way there. -
Aug 22, 1517
The Protestant Reformation
The reformation was a profound statement to the Pope. It was a way for people to escape the criticism of the Church of Rome and for them to be able to practice their own beliefs. -
Salutary Neglect
It was a period of time where Britain relaxed the laws on the American colonies because of other European matters. -
Jamestown, VA
About 100 members of a group called the Virginia Company established Jamestown. In just the first two years the settlers had run into famine, disease, and the local indians, which killed off almost all of the new settlers. The new settlers in 1610 would help to rebuild what was damaged and start the first colony. -
House of Burgesses
The house of burgesses was a way for the Virginia colonists to have their same rights as back home in Britain were they used the same principles from the Magna Carta. Members would meet once a year with their governor to decide on local laws and taxation. -
Pilgrims come on the Mayflower
The mayflower was a way for many of the religious people of Britain to pull away from the anglican church and to start their beliefs in the new land. They could practice their beliefs without the criticism from the Anglican church. -
Puritan Migration
The migration was caused by the puritan community wanting to practice their beliefs freely without the Anglican church criticizing them. The migrated to the America's to have a better opportunity at their beliefs. -
Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon lead a rebellion against the governor William Berkley because of some of the laws listed in the government. -
The Enlightenment
The age of enlightenment is also referred to as the age of reasoning or ideas. It was a time when the thinkers of the world brought their ideas about the society to pose as a question against the authorities. -
The Great Awakening
The Great awakening started in the 1730s and lasted until 1743. It was a series of religious revivals in the colonies. They were lead by various protestant ministers and helped to create new denominations of the church. -
French and Indian War
It was a seven year long war between Britain and France to gain control over North America. Although the British won the war it only aggravated the Indians living in that area. -
The Proclamation of 1763
It was issued by King George III after the French and Indian War, which stated that no one could settle past the line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp act was issued by the British parliament. It stated that all of the American Colonist must pay a tax on every piece of printed paper used, such as ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications and even playing cards. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a way to raise money in the colonies to pay the governors and judges, to create a way of enforcing trade regulations, to punish the province of New York, and to establish that the British government has the right to tax the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
Some of the colonists were unhappy with the Townshend acts. They decided to object to the government and the British troops were sent to handle the angry mob. The British troops accidentally opened fire on the mass of people killing five. -
Boston Tea Party
The Tea Party was a result of no taxation without representation. The colonist protested by throwing hundreds of chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
First Continental Congress
The first continental congress was a meeting of delegates from only twelve of the thirteen colonies that met early in the revolution. They discussed an economic boycott of British trade along with their rights and grievances against the king. -
Second Continental Congress
The second continental congress managed to discuss colonial war efforts and move towards adopting the declaration of independence in 1776. -
Declaration of Independence
It was officially adopted on July 4, 1776. All of the founding fathers signed the document for independence for America. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
Congress ratified articles of peace ending the revolutionary war with Great Britain. The treaty of paris was the conclusion of the revolutionary war.
