History TAKS review timeline

By ferremc1
  • Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Granted rights to both Nobles and Feemen.

  • Roanoke Island

    Roanoke was the first attempted colony in America. It is known as the "Lost Colony".

  • Jamestown Founded

    Jamestown was the first permanent settlement in the "New World".

  • House of Burgesses

    First representative assembly in the New World

  • Mayflower Compact

    Was an agreement to form a self-government.

  • Roger Williams

    Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams for religious freedom.

  • Navigation Acts

    Regulating colonial commerse to suit English needs.

  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Bacon and his followers rebelled against the Massachusetts government when a war against the Native Americans was declined.

  • Pennsylvania founded

    William Penn founded Pennsylvania for religious tolerance.

  • Salem Witch Trials

    People were accused of being witches and put on trial them ultimately to their death.

  • The Great Awakening

    The Great Awakening was a religious renewal movement through the colonies. People wanted Americans to go back to the religious roots that brought them to America.

  • Poor Richard's Almanac

    Benjamin Franklin published the first Poor Richard's Almanac.

  • The Zenger Trial

    The Zenger trial is the reason that we now have the 1st amendment to our Constitution. He was aquitted from charges that he spoke negatively about the government.

  • The Albany Plan of Union

    Benjamin Franklin wrote the Albany Plan of Union in 1754 in order to organize the colonies.

  • The French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War began.

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Forbade colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

  • The Sugar Act

    Britain passed the Sugar Act on the colonies in order to pay debts from the French and Indian War.

  • The Stamp and Quartering Act

    The Stamp and Quartering Act was passed by Britain in the colonies that taxed certain goods and required colonists to house British soldiers.

  • The Townshend Acts

    These Acts were passes in the colonies in order to raise revenues for England. These were basically the other repelled acts combined.

  • The Boston Massacre

    British soldiers fired into a group of colonists, killing four and Crispus Attucks. This was used as Anti-British propaganda,

  • The Boston Tea Party

    Colonists dressed as Native Americans, and threw 342 chests of tea in the Boston Harbor in protest of the Tea Act.

  • Intolerable Acts

    Britain passed the Intolerable Acts to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party.

  • 1st Contenental Congress

    12 of the 13 colonies met to discuss civil disobediance against Britain in response to the Intolerable Acts.

  • "Give me Liberty or give me death"

    This was said by Patrick Henry at the Virginia convention.

  • Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

    Paul Revere, William Dawes, and William Prescott ride to warn the colonists that the British are coming.

  • Common Sense

    Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense to promote independence as the right path to take.

  • The Declaration of Independence

    This document, written by Thomas Jefferson, was approved on July 4, 1776.

  • The Battle of Saratoga

    Was the turning point of the Revolution. This battle, along with Benjamin Franklin, helped convince the French to help us in the Revolution.

  • The Articles of Confederation

    The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress as the first government.

  • John Paul Jones defeats the Serapis

    "I have not yet begun to fight!"

  • Surrender at Yorktown

    Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. Making it the last major battle of the Revolution.

  • The Treaty of Paris 1783

    This treaty ended the Revolution.

  • The Northwest Ordinance adopted by the Continental Congress

    This Ordinance set the orderly pattern of growth for the United States and accelerated westward expansion.