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  • Columbus “discovers” the new world for Spain.
    Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus “discovers” the new world for Spain.

    He came about new land that nobody knew about.
  • Hernan Cortez defeats the Aztecs
    1521

    Hernan Cortez defeats the Aztecs

    Hernan took Mexico for Spain.
  • Jamestown is founded

    Jamestown is founded

    Jamestown was the first permanent settlement for England and it was where the colonist started growing tobacco.
  • The “Starving Time” in Jamestown

    The “Starving Time” in Jamestown

    Forced the colonist to go out and hunt and thrive.
  • Plymouth is founded

    Plymouth is founded

    Plymouth was founded for freedom of religion and the colonist had peace with the Native Americans
  • Mayflower Compact is signed

    Mayflower Compact is signed

    This was the first contract sighed in the new world.
  • 1st Thanksgiving

    1st Thanksgiving

    First gathering as a symbol of peace between the Native Americans and the colonists.
  • Navigation Acts

    Navigation Acts

    This is a series of laws designed to restrict England’s carrying trade to English ships, effective chiefly in the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • New Ansterdam becomes New York

    New Ansterdam becomes New York

    This happened in honor of the Duke of York.
  • King Phillip’s War

    King Phillip’s War

    This was the first battle between the Indians and the colonist of new England.
  • Bacon’s Rebellion

    Bacon’s Rebellion

    A rebellion by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
  • Salem Witchcraft Trials

    Salem Witchcraft Trials

    During this time everyone thought that everybody was a witch over stupid reasons.
  • Stono Rebellion

    Stono Rebellion

    this was a slave rebellion and was the largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies
  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war

    The Indians sided with the French against the colonists.
  • Ben Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union

    Ben Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union

    Ben Franklin used this to try to convince all of the colonies to declare independence from Britain.
  • Treaty of 1763

    Treaty of 1763

    This was to declare peace between few European country.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    This is where King George III told the colonies the could not move farther west then the Appalachian mountains.
  • The Stamp act

    The Stamp act

    The stamp act taxed all papers for the colonists.
  • England passes the Quartering Act

    England passes the Quartering Act

    This makes colonists to allow redcoats in to eat and sleep in their homes.
  • The Townshend Acts

    The Townshend Acts

    This raised the taxes on all imports
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    This happened because the town people were upset that there were so many red coats.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    People got tired of paying taxes for tea so a few people got on to a ship and dumped all of the British tea into the harbor.
  • The 1st Continental Congress convenes

    The 1st Continental Congress convenes

    12 of 13 colonies came to discuss the future of america.
  • The “shot heard ‘round the world”

    The “shot heard ‘round the world”

    This is the shot that started the american revolution.
  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

    The Battle of Bunker Hill

    This was one of the first battles of the revolutionary war.
  • Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense

    Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense

    The book agreed on Independence of the colonies.
  • Declaration of Independence is signed

    Declaration of Independence is signed

    We are no longer under the British rule.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the siege of Little York.
  • Treaty of 1783

    Treaty of 1783

    The treaty of 1783 ends the revolutionary war.