Early American History: 13 Colonies and the American Revolution

1585 Roanoke Island

Jan 1, 1585

None of the colonists were ever seen again

Early American History

Period: Jan 1, 1585 to Jan 1, 1785

Colonial Period and Revolutionary War

Jamestown Settelment

Jan 1, 1607

Virginia Company of London sets up an economic venture

Plymoth Colony

Jan 1, 1620

Pilgrims who settled in Plymoth looking for religious freedom

Massachussets Bay Colony

Jan 1, 1630

settled by the Puritans

Pennsylvania Colony setttled

Jan 1, 1681

By the Quakers

Georgia is settled

Jan 1, 1732

Prisoners who were in debt in England

French and Indian War

Period: Jan 1, 1754 to Jan 1, 1763

England at war with French in the colonies

Stamp Act

Jan 1, 1765

tax on colonists to pay for the French and Indian War

Boston Massacre

Jan 1, 1770

Colonists shot after taunting British soldiers

Boston Tea Party

Dec 9, 1773

A protest against tea taxes

1st Continental Congress

Jan 1, 1774

Delegates fron colonies except Georgia meet to discuss problems with Great Britain

Revolutionary War

Period: Jan 1, 1775 to Jan 1, 1783

Battle at Lexington and Concord

Dec 9, 1775

First armed conflict of the Revolutionary War

Declaration of Independence

Dec 10, 1775

A document declaring independence from England

Revolutionary war

Dec 10, 1775

Battle of Saratoga

Dec 10, 1777

American victory and a turning point in the war

Surender at Yorktown

Dec 10, 1781

Colonial victory marking the end of the revolutionary war

Signing of the Treaty of Paris

Dec 10, 1783

Great Britan recognized America American Independence