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"In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue" Christopher Columbus was the first man to be on american soil.
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the first permanent English settlement in N. A., founded by the Virginia Company of England.
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House of Burgesses-Virginia First representative government in the colonies.
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The Pilgrims write the Mayflower Compact to establish their own self-government
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Massachusetts becomes the 2nd English colony in North America
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the colony of Maryland is started by Lord Baltimore as a safe place for Catholics.
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Roger Williams starts Rhode Island.
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The Dutch New Netherlands colony becomes the English colony New York.
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Pennsylvania is founded by William Penn, a Quaker.
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English law that increased the rights of all English citizens and further limited the power of the king.
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started by James Oglethorpe as a refuge for debtors, becomes the last of the 13 original colonies.
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War between England and France fought in North America over territorial claims
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British troops fire on American protesters, killing five of them
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the Sons of Liberty, led by Samuel Adams, dump British tea into the Boston Harbor.
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Paul Revere rouses the Minutemen to meet the British at Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the Revolution.
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The Second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia and selects George Washington as the Commander of the Continental Army.
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written by Jefferson, is approved by the Second Continental Congress.
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The “Turning Point” of the War
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The final major battle of the Revolutionary War.
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the British finally recognize the United States as an independent country.
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Delegates from the 13 states meet in Philadelphia to rewrite the Articles of Confederation but instead create a whole new document.
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Constitution of the United States is approved by the delegates.
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George Washington becomes the 1st President of the United States.
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1st- 10nth ammendments
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book about slavery written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, caused many readers to become abolitionists, angered many in the south
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Bleeding Kansas: allowed people in Kansas to vote on slavery, led to violence between northerners and southerners
