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Quebec is founded by Samuel De Champlain during the fur trade.
Quebec is founded by Samuel de Champlain during the fur trade. -
Santa Fe, the first permanent European settlement was established
Santa Fe, the first permanent European settlement was established -
First slaves brought to America for tobacco farming
First slaves brought to America for tobacco farming -
City on a Hill Sermon
John Winthrop delivered the "City on a Hill Sermon" to describe the expectations of the Massachusetts Bay colony -
No taxation without representation
Massachusetts Bay Colony issues such as no taxation without representation and representative government are beginning to be addressed. -
Dutch colonists settle in the Delaware River
Dutch colonists settle in the Delaware River area, after driving out English colonists from Virginia and Connecticut. -
First African Marriage in America
First African marriage occurred between Anthony Van Angola, and Lucie D'Angola -
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Kieft's War
Kieft's War, New Netherland fights against the Hudson River Valley Indians -
New England Confederation
The New England Confederation is founded -
The Dutch and the Hudson River Valley Treaty
The Dutch and the Hudson River Valley Indians sign a peace treaty, ending four years of war. -
Maryland Toleration Act
The Maryland Toleration Act is passed by the colony's assembly, allowing for religious freedom. -
Peach Tree War
Peach Tree War, also known as the Peach War, was a large-scale attack by the Susquehannock Indians and allied tribes on several New Netherland settlements along the Hudson River in New York. -
Charleston is founded
Charles Town (Charleston) founded and would be today's South Carolina -
French Protestants
French Protestants seeking to emigrate after being criminalized in France -
Post in Mississippi River Valley
Arkansas French Protestants established by Henri de Tonti as the first European settlement in the lower Mississippi River Valley. -
King William's War
Also known as the Second Indian War, Father Baudoin's War, Castin's War, or the First Intercolonial War in French) was the North American theater of the Nine Years' War (1688–1697), also known as the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg. -
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King William's War
King William's War, the North American theater of the Nine Years' War. -
Albuquerque NM
Albuquerque is founded by Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdés, governor and captain general of New Mexico -
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The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 was an uprising in New York City, in the British Province of New York, of 23 enslaved Africans. -
Anglo-Spanish War
Anglo-Spanish War breaks out mainly in the Carolinas -
Baltimore is founded
The city of Baltimore in the Maryland colony is established. It is named after Lord Baltimore. -
African-American Uprisings
Three uprisings of African-Americans occur in South Carolina resulting in numerous deaths. -
French and Indian War
French and Indian War begins,also known as the Seven Years War -
American War of Independence
Paul Revere rides and the Battle of Lexington at Concord occurs, being the first engagement of the American War of Independence. -
American colonies Separate
The 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. -
Treaty of Alliance
Benjamin Franklin persuades the French to sign a Treaty of Alliance which promised mutual military support in case fighting should break out between French and British forces -
Cornwallis surrenders to Washington
British general Charles Cornwallis surrenders to Gen. George Washington Yorktown, VA -
George Washington becomes he first President
George Washington take the presidential oath of office as the first President of the United States -
Louisiana Purchase
United States agrees to pay France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory, known as the Louisiana Purchase -
Lewis and Clark Explores
Lewis and Clark begins their journey from St. Louis, Mo -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise to maintain the balance between free and slave states, Maine is added as a free state so that Missouri can be a slave state -
Monroe Doctrine
President Monroe declares that the American continents are off-limits for colonization by European powers via the Monroe Doctrine -
Constitution is established
U.S. Constitution is ratified by nine states -
American independence is Official
Great Britain formally acknowledges American independence in the Treaty of Paris
