Exploration to Colonization By collegeswag Period: Jan 1, 1586 to Dec 31, 1798 Exploration to Colonization Apr 3, 1586 Roanoke Colony Vanishes May 16, 1607 Jamestown Founded Jul 30, 1619 House of Burgesses Dec 21, 1620 Plymouth Colony Jun 3, 1675 King Philip War Jul 30, 1676 Bacons Rebellion Feb 3, 1688 Glorious Revolution Feb 3, 1692 Salem Witchcraft Crisis Sep 3, 1739 Great Awakening Jun 19, 1754 Sugar Act Feb 10, 1763 Treaty of Paris May 3, 1763 Proclaimation of 1763 Mar 22, 1765 Stamp Act Mar 18, 1766 Declaratory Act by Parliament Mar 5, 1770 Townshead Acts Dec 16, 1773 Boston Massacre Dec 17, 1773 Sons of Liberty May 3, 1774 Coercive Acts Sep 5, 1774 First Continental Congress Apr 19, 1775 Battlles of Lexington and Concord May 10, 1775 Second Continental Congress Jan 10, 1776 Paines Common Sense Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Adopted Jun 4, 1777 British surrender at Saratoga May 3, 1781 Shays rebelion Oct 17, 1781 Cornwallis Surrenders Aug 21, 1786 Articles pf Confederancy ratified May 25, 1787 Northwest Ordiance May 3, 1789 French Revolution May 3, 1794 Whiskey Rebellion May 3, 1794 Jay Treaty Nov 13, 1797 Sediation Act May 3, 1798 XYZ Affair