U.S. History:Time Toast Timeline By sethmcm 1607 Jamestown was Settled 1613 First successful tobacco crop was grown 1619 VA House of Burgesses 1620 First African slaves brought to British North America 1620 Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth on the Mayflower 1632 John Locke "Natural Rights" 1636 Roger Williams founded Rhode Island 1676 Bacon's Rebellion Occurred 1692 Salem Witch Trials 1730 The Great Awakening occurred 1763 The French and Indian war ended 1763 The Proclamation of 1763 1765 The Stamp Act was Issued Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1774 First Continental Congress held in Philadelphia 1775 The Battle of Lexington and Concord was fought 1775 Patrick Henry said "Give me liberty, or give me death." 1776 The Declaration of Independence was written 1776 Thomas Paine's Common Sense 1776 Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia 1776 George Mason authored the VA Declaration of Rights 1777 The battle of Saratoga Turning point for American Revolution 1777 Articles of Confederation government was established 1778 Ben Franklin negotiated Treaty of Alliance with France 1779 Thomas Jefferson Wrote the VA Statute for Religious Freedom 1781 The American Colonies Won Independence at battle of yorktown 1787 The VA Plan and NJ Plan proposed at the constitutional convention 1788 The Constitution was ratified 1789 George Washington First president of the U.S. 1791 The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution 1801 John Marshall became Chief Justice of the US 1803 Marbury v. Madison decision handed down by Supreme Court
