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The first English colony is established
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The House of Burgesses was the first legislative body of elected representatives in the New World.
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The first slaves were sold to the Jamestown colonists by a Dutch slave ship
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religous tolerance
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the navigations acts restricted trade of the British colonies with any trading shit that was not British
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war between natives and pilgrims first time colonists fought native without britains help
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a rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon where he wanted more land and the governor wouldn't let him drive off the natives so he built up a militia of small farmers and did it himself he then burnt down Jamestown
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completely bloodless revolution
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war between England and France for dominance over north America
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People would accuse others of being witches and they would be killed no question
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Georgia is founded
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the beginning of the French and Indian war
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heavy tax against many of the things the colonists used and it was greatly opposed by them
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the end of the french and Indian war
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conflict between the colonists and British soldiers 5 colonists died
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colonists dressed up as natives and threw a bunch of tea off British ships into the Boston harbor
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group of colonists came together to discuss their grievances with Britain
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the colonies declared their independence from Great Britain marking the beginning of the revolution
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the revolution ends and the colonies gain independence
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British forces storm the capital and burn it and the Whitehouse down
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Florida is purchased from Spain and becomes part of americca
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James Monroe gave a speech warning Europe not to interfere in the western hemisphere or they would get involved
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the civil war between the North and South begins
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speech made by President Lincoln to address the war that was going on