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Jamestown, Virginia the first successfull English Settlement, is founded.
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The Pilgrims sign the Mayflower Compact.
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John Locke contributes to the consitition for the Carolina Colony.
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The Albany Congress proposes that the Colonies unite.
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Act Colonists merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses.
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The Stamp Act is passed.
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Five colonists are killed by the British at the Boston Massacre.
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Colonist dressed as Mohhawks and dumped the in the Boston Harbor to protest tax on tea
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The battles of Lexington and Concord sparked the Revolution.
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The declaration of Independence is signed.
