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English explorer Walter Raleigh claims Roanoke Island (which is off the coast of present day North Carolinia) in the name of England. The colony would later become known as the "lost colony" because all of its inhabitants disapeared without explination.
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A man named John Smith found ed Jamestown in wpresent day Virginia. It was the first permenant English settlement in the Americas. Jamestownwas the capital of the colony from 1616 to 1699.
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A British Colony
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The colonists in Massachusettes start accusing each other of witch craft. leading to mass histaria.This leads to a trial of 150 people and the deaths of about 25 people.
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The first great awakening was a Christian religious revolution movment that took over the British colonies and left a major religious impact on American religion. It made religion personal for the people living in the British colonies that would soon be known as America.
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This act enforced the tax on the colonies and the act also listed more foreign goods to be taxed. The situation disrupted the colonial economy by reducing the markets that the colonies could sell to, and the amount of currency available to them for the purchase of British manufactured goods. This was the first of 3 acts passed that caused the colonies to revolt against Britian .
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The British Parliament passes the currencey act which keeps the colonies from issuing their own paper money.
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The British Parliament passes the stamp act on the colonies. This act put taxes on many types of printed materials used in the colonies on a daily basis. This greatly angered the colonists.
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The British Parliament puts the Quartering Act into affect which forces the colonists to give British tropps food, clothes and other supplies. It also forces the colonists to let the tropps stay in their homes.
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The colongies became so fed up with all of the taxes being issued by the King that they decided to hold a meeting to discuss what should be done. Only 9 of the 13 colonies sent delegates still they came up with a repeal to the stamp act. This was the first time leaders from different colonies had met for a political discussion. This event is what led to the unity of the colonies which eventually led to their fight for independence from England.
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British troops kill 5 colonists
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This was the final issue that started the revolution in Boston. The colonists where upset because Britian was trying to sale tea directly to the colonists which would have a direct affect on the local business.
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In an attempt to protest that taxes on tea by Britian a group on Colonists borded the ships carrying the tea and threw it all into the Boston Harbor. This was a key event that gave strength to the growing revolution going on in the colonies.
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12 of the 13 Colonies sent delegates to Piladelphia, Pennsylvania to discuss their options in a possible boycott of British trade. and rights and grievances.
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Congress approves of and signs the United Sates Declaration of Independence
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After Paul Revere's Ride the battles in the Province of Massachusettes between British troops and the Colonists markes the start of the Revolutionary War.
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Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
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The first Presidential Election in the United States of America on took place and George Washington is elected as the first President of the United States of America.
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The British were trying to invade New Jersey but they were stopped by the Colonists at Sprinfield. This ended most of the fighting in the North.
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The British surrendered at Yorktown.
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The treaty of Paris is signed , ending the Revolutionary War. The Colonies gain their independence from England.
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The Constitutional convention takes place in Philadelphia and the United States Constitution is signed
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George Washington is reelected President of the United States.
