Location of jamestown virginia

Timeline of Early America

  • Voyage to Cuba

    Voyage to Cuba
    Sir Walter Raileigh sends out expedition to Cuba. Don't know exact date.
  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    Jamestown. Doon't know exact date
  • Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch Trials
    In 1692 three girls accused three women of being witches, one of them was practicing witchcraft. 24 people died during this witch craze. It ended in 1693.
  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone
    Daniel Boone is born.
  • Proclomation of 1763

    Proclomation of 1763
    The Proclomation of 1763 was about land grants. Nobody liked it, it was basically ignored.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    On December 16, 1773 a group of colonists dumped 342 crates of tea from Britain into the Boston Harbor in rebellion of the Tea act.
  • Declaring Independence

    Several men wrote and signed the Declaration of Indepedence.
  • Trenton

    Trenton
    The day George wAshington and his discouraged troops crossed the Delaware and attacked the hessians on the other side.
  • Yorktown

    In 1781, Yorktown was won by the colonists who were backed by the French. Possibly signaling the end of the war.
  • Constitution

    Constitution
    On this day the Constitution was signed.
  • Lewis and Clark

    Lewis and Clark
    Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out to find a route to the Pacific
  • War of 1812

    War of 1812
    The war of 1812 begins.
  • Gold Rush

    Gold Rush
    Gold Rush.