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The Founding of the Colonies Started
The first 13 colonies were Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Delaware, North and South Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvainia and Georgia. -
Virginia Founded
First Colony, John Smith and John Rolfe founded Virginia. -
New York Founded
Second Colony, Peter Minuit and Peter Stuyvesant founded New York. -
Massachusetts Founded
Third Colony, John Winthrop founded Massachusetts. -
Maryland Founded
Fourth Colony, George Calvert founded Maryland. -
Rhode Island Founded
Fifth Colony, Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson founded Rhode Island. -
Connecticut Founded
Sixth colony, Thomas Hooker founded Connecticut. -
Delaware Founded
Eighth colony, Peter Minuit founded Delaware. -
New Hampshire Founded
Seventh colony, John Mason founded New Hampshire -
North Carolina Founded
Ninth colony, Lords Proprietors founded North Carolina -
South Carolina Founded
Tenth colony, Lords Proprietors founded South Carolina -
New Jersey Founded
Eleventh colony, Lord Berkeley and George Carteret founded New Jersey. -
Pennsylvania Founded
Twelfth colony, William Penn founded Pennsylvania. -
Founding of the Colonies Ends
Last colony that was founded was Georgia. -
Georgia Founded
Thirteenth colony, James Oglethorpe founded Georgia. -
French and Indian War
Was fought between the British and the French and the native Americans were on both sides. The war was fought for control of the fur trade and for land. -
"No Taxation Without Representation"
"No Taxation Without Representation" was the Sons of Liberty's motto. -
Currency Act
The currency act was an act that regulated paper money issued to the colonists of British America. It was one of the many acts of parliament that the British imposed on the colonists. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a revised act of the Molasses Act. The Sugar Act said that all imported sugar and molasses if bought from colonists, the colonists had to pay a 6 cent tax. -
Sons of Liberty Formed
Their Motto was "No Taxation Without Representation". It was a secret group of rebels that fought for colonists rights. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was a tax on anything that was made out of paper. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act required that the people of the American colonies housed Britsh soldiers even if they didn't want to. -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Son's of Liberty disguised as mophawk indians, boarded 3 ships full of tea from Great Britain. They threw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
After the Boston Tea Party, the British got mad and started to tax the colonists. -
Boston Blockade
The Boston Blockade was also known as the Boston Port Act. British Parliament passed the Boston Port Act, which was when the Britsh closed Boston Harbor and forced the colonists to pay for it which costed about 1 Million dollars. -
First Continental Congress was formed
Each of the thirteen colonies sent 1 person to be apart of the First Continental Congress -
Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the Revolutionary War. It was thought in Massachusetts in Lexington and Concord. -
Paul Revere's "Ride"
This was when Paul Revere was captured and escaped on a horse and then later wrote about himself being captured and escaping. -
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" was written
A pamphlet that was written by Thomas Paine.
