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The first permanent English settlement in America.
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The first representative assembly in America.
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The Mayflower Compact was the first form of self government in the Americas.
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The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war gave Great Britain a large piece of territory in North America.
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With the Treaty of Paris, the British formally gain control of Canada and all the French possessions east of the Mississippi.
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The DOI stated the complaints and the reasonings for separating from Great Britain.
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George Washington gets chosen as the first president of the United States.