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Jamestown, Virginia, the fist successful English settlement, is founded.,
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The pilgrims sign the Mayflower Compact
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john Locke contributes to the constitution for the Carolina colony
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The Albany Congress proposes that the colonies unite.
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The Stamp Act was passed.
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AN ACT for the better securing the dependency of his Majesty's dominions in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain.
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Five coloists are killed by the British at the Boston Massacre
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The Tea Act is passed, Colonists respond with the Boston Tea Party.
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The battles of Lexington and Concord spark the Revolution.
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The Declaration of Independence is signed.
