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jamestown
jamestown colony was founded in this year and was the first english settel ment -
virginia house of burgesses
virginia house of burgesses was establish and it was the first representative goverment -
mayflower compact
was signed and it established the first self goverment. -
the boston massacre
involved fighting between the british and colonist and crispuz attucks was the first victim. -
boson tea party
was organized by the son of liberty who were led by samuel adams. england parliment passed the intorable act to punished the colonist for the tea party protest. -
battel of lexington and concord
was significant becausefirst military engagement in the revulution era. -
declaration of independence
in 1776 thomas jefferson wrote the declaration of independence in which colonist broke their ties with england. it stated people have inalienable rights of life liberty and the persuit of happiness. -
treaty of paris
in 1783 the american and british signed the treaty of paris eniding the american revolution war. -
us constitution
the us contitution was ratified in 1787 -
bill of right
the bills of right were added to the constitution in tjis year . these are the first 10 amendment to the constitution and are important. -
lousiana purchase
in 1803 president jefferson bought the louisiana purchase which doubled the size of our country.
