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The road to independence

By justus
  • The New world

    The New world
    Jamestown, Virginia, the first successful English settlement, That was found
    It was the first colony to start it all with out their hard troubling start we may not be the america we are today
  • The New World

    The New World
    The pilgrims sign the Mayflower Compact. it was the first signed contract of the colony.
  • The New World

    The New World
    John Locke contributes to the constitution for the Carolina colony. Without John Locke the Carolinas may not have been states or even get the rights they deserve as a colony
  • The Colonies Unite

    The Colonies Unite
    The Albany Congress proposes that the colonies unite. For once the colonies are finally being taken seriously
  • The colonies unite

    The colonies unite
    The Stamp act is passed.
    The act was the first act trying to get taxes out of the colony,
  • The Colonies unite

    The Colonies unite
    Five colonists are killed in the boston massacre.
  • The colonies unite

    The colonies unite
    The Tea Act is passed. Colonists respond with the Boston Tea Party. When England put a tax on the tea the colonies respond by dumping the tea in the river.
  • War Begins

    War Begins
    The battle of Lexington and Concord spark the revolution.
  • Independence

    Independence
    The Declartation of indenoence is signed. Giving the Colonoes freedom from England once and for all,
  • Indepence

    Indepence
    Congress, now sitting in Baltimore, Maryland, orders that signed copies of the Declaration of Independence printed by Mary Katherine Goddard of Baltimore be sent to the states. By doing that all t he states and colonies now know that they are free of England