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The Start of the 13 Colonies
The London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent New World English colony. -
Slaves Introduced to the First Colony
A group of 20 African slaves arrived in Jamestown on a Dutch ship. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_Virginia -
Connecticut Becomes a Colony
After being driven from Massachusetts, Clergyman Thomas Hooker and his followers arrived in Hartford, CT and declared freedom from all save Divine Authority. -
The 9th Colony is Established
South Carolina becomes the first European settlement in North America. -
Near Destruction of Jamestown, VA
The village of Jamestown was nearly destroyed during "Bacon's Rebellion". http://phyllisdoyle.hubpages.com/hub/Bacons-Rebellion-of-1676-Jamestown-Colony -
Last Colony to be Established
Georgia is established as the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. -
Mason-Dixon Line
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, two young British astronomers commissioned to establish a borderline between Maryland and Pennsylvania, worked for more than four years to settle a century-old boundary dispute between the Calverts of Maryland and the Penns of Pennsylvania by establishing the Mason-Dixon Line. -
Boston Tea Party
Trouble escalates over the tea tax, as Americans in each colony boycott the tea and in Boston, dumped the tea in the harbor during the Boston Tea Party. -
The American Revolutionary War
All royal officials had been expelled from all 13 colonies and the American Revolutionary War begins. -
Declaration of Independence
Delegates from the 13 colonies unanimously issued the Declaration of Independence. It declared independence from Great Britain and formed a new sovereign state, the United States of America.
