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Jamestown Founded
Established by the Virginia Company of London as a business venture. Was the first permanent English Settlement in North America. -
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Early American History
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House of Burgesses and Slaves arrive in Jamestown
The Virginia House of Burgesses, established by the 1640’s, was the first elected assembly in the New World. The first Africans were brought against their will to Jamestown in 1619 to work on tobacco plantations. -
Mayflower Compact in Plymouth
New England was settled by Puritans seeking freedom from religious persecution in Europe. They formed a “covenant community” based on the principles of the Mayflower Compact -
William Penn charters Pennsylvania
William Penn starts the Pennsylvania Colony for Quakers. -
1754-1763 French and Indian War
France loses land claims in North America -
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763 prohibits colonists settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
Stamp Act and other tazes spark resistance among colonists. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre took place when British troops fired on anti-British demonstrators. -
Tea Act and Boston Tea Party
To protest the Tea Act the Sons of Liberty dress up like Indians and sneek on to ships and dump the tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Introlerable Acts
Intolerable Acts issued by Parliament and the First Continental Congress meets in response to the Intolerable Acts -
Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker Hill, which was peripherally involved in the battle and was the original objective of both colonial and British troops, and is occasionally referred to as the "Battle of Breed's Hill." -
Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord takes place.
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Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress meets. -
Declaration of Independence
July, 1776 the Declaration of Independence is signed. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense. -
Treaty of Alliance
The Treaty of Alliance with France, was a defensive alliance between France and the United States of America, formed in the midst of the American Revolutionary War, which promised military support in case of attack by British forces indefinitely into the future. Delegates of King Louis XVI of France and the Second Continental Congress, who represented the United States government at this time, signed the treaty on Feb 6, 1778. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation adopted as the nation's first government. Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown to General George Washington and the French signifying the end of the Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris is signed which recognizes America as an independent nation.
