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Jamestown is Founded
First settlement in what is now United States -
Pilgrims sign the Mayflower Compact
First governing document of the Plymouth Colony...yay. -
New England Confederation formed
Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, New Haven and Connecticut come together as one to defend each other against the Native American tribes. -
William Penn tries to help out
Offered a very elaborate plan for the colonies to get along better. -
Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Frankilin's idea that actually was a very good idea. Helped lead up to the the Declaration of Independence -
Stamp Act
Required the use of tax stamps on all legal documents -
Boston Massacre
British troops in Boston began firing shoots into a rowdy crowd killing five -
Boston Tea Party
Group of men disguised as Indians boarded three tea ships in the Boston Harbor dumping the tea into the harbor to protest British control of the tea trade. -
The Intolerable Acts
The British decide to punish the colonists for doing things they shouldn't have been doing. The colonists retaliated. -
The Revolutionary War
The "shot heard 'round the world" was fired and we won! -
Declaration of Independence
The British finally lost and signed the dotted line and in that moment I swear we were infinite!!!
