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America's first permanent English colony
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First meeting of Virginia General Assembly at Jamestown
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First colonial settlement in New England.
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Signed by 41 English colonists on the Mayflower. First written framework of government established in the U.S.
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Puritan colonial leader who founded the colony of Connecticut in 1636.
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American attourney and polititian and became known as an orator during the movement for independence.
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Plan to place British North Americans colonies under a more centralized government. It was never carried.
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Lasted 7 years. France expansion to the Ohio River which caused conflicts with claims of the British colonies.
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Meeting between October 7th, and 25th in New York City. First Gathering of elected representatives from several colonies to devise a unified protest against new British Taxation
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Organization of Patriots best know for the Boston Tea Party
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Killing of five colonists by the British.
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Sons of Liberty dressed up as indians and boarded 3 ships in the Boston Harbor and threw 342 chests of British tea overboard
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Meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. Georgia was not there.
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Convention of delegates from the 13 colonies. Met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Challenged British Authority and the royal monarchy. First work to openly ask for freedom from Great Britain
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Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, gave the U.S. independence from Britain.
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First written constitution of the U.S. Ratified March 1, 1781
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Series of protests by American farmers against enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt.
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85 essays outlining new government, Authors: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
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Meetings in Philadelphia where debates over the proposed constitution took place
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First state to ratify constitution
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New Hampshire becomes 9th state to ratify the constitution.
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Rhode Island becomes the 13th state to enter the union after ratifying the constitution.
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2/3 majority; Virginia became the 10th of 14 states to approve 10 of the 12 ammendments.
