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James town was established
James town was the first English settlement. It was founded in 1607. The founder was the London company from Virginia. -
The House of Burgesses
July 30 1619, in Virginia was when the first meeting reprisentative assembly in America took place. This is the summer that thefirst Americal slaves were brought to James Town. -
Mayflower compact
The Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts was founded by Pilgrims from England.All 41 male passengers signed an agreement for the colonys Government called the Mayflower compact. -
Plymouth Colony
After about 30 years of the colonys establishment,Plymouth Colonial population is estimated at 50,400. -
"New york"
The English took New Amsterdam (both city and colony) from the Dutch and renamed it New York. -
British colonies
Britain and the British colonies switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. -
The British win a decisive victory
Final conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America. The British win a decisive victory over the French on the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec. -
Boston Massacre
British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to intense public protests -
Boston Tea Party
Group of colonial patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians board three ships in Boston harbor and dump more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against the taxing of British tea. -
First Continental Congress
Continental Congress first met in Philadelphia, with 56 delegates representing every colony except Georgia. Delegates include Patrick Henry, George Washington, and Samuel Adams. -
American Revolution
War of independence fought between Great Britain and the 13 British colonies on the eastern seaboard of North America. Battles of Lexington and Concord, Mass., between the British Army and colonial minutemen, mark the beginning of the war. -
Declaration of Independence adoption
Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. the legislature of North Carolina authorized its delegates to the Continental Congress to join with others in a declaration of separation from Great Britain; the first colony to instruct its delegates to take the actual initiative was Virginia on May 15. -
United States flag approved
Continental Congress approves the first official flag of the United States. -
Treaty of paris
Great Britain formally acknowledges American independence in the Treaty of Paris, which officially brings the war to a close.The Mississippi, south to lat. 31°N, was made the western boundary. On the south the line followed the 31st parallel E to the Chattahoochee River and its junction with the Flint River, then took a straight line to the mouth of the St. Marys River, and from there to the Atlantic -
Shays's Rebellion
Farmers from New Hampshire to South Carolina take up arms to protest high state taxes and stiff penalties for failure to pay.
