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columbus tried to sail to india but landed in the americas. There was more land for europe to explore but and this was good because now we have america. -
Jamestown was going to be a the first permanent established settlement. Everyone was very hopeful because there were lots of fresh water and lots of trees. Then they ran out of supplies and sent captain john smith to go get resources and that saved then from the total collapse. Then a bad winter came and 80% of colonists died. -
when the pilgrims landed on plymouth they started building there settlement to live on. -
during the french and indian war they fought over land in america called the ohio river valley and the mississippi river to help with trade. now we have the mississippi river because of them. -
The albany plan of union was when the british wanted a batter government so benjamin franklin made a plain that said all of the colonies go under 1 government so everyone could fight together to win the war. -
The 1763 treaty of paris was when the the british got the mississippi river and the french influence ended and when the salutary neglect ended and british started to enforce laws. -
It was when the british said you cant settle west of the appalachian mountains -
it was when british was in dept and they had to tax colonist on stamps and other goods -
when the british was watching colonists so they would pay there taxes they needed houses so the volonists had to pay a tax the homed the british -
taxes on imported british goods that the colonists had to pay this was important because this was the last act. -
the boston massacre was when the colonists didn't want to pay there taxes and they colonists got violent so they sent british troops to come and calm the colonists this was bad becsuse then the colonests didn't get a say in fair taxes. -
The tea act was when tea was parliament allowed east india to sell tea for a cheaper price but then they stopped smuggling dutch tea because english was cheaper.The tea act made it easer for the colonists to buy tea. -
the boston tea party was when angry colonests dressed a natives and they broke all of the tea in the ships and dumped it over board because they didn't support the british -
the intolerable(coercive) acts was a series of acts to try to control or enforce laws on the colonists and this made the colonists mad. -
the first continental congress was when the representatives wanted to avoid war and wanted have a policy of economic force. they wanted to place sanctions on britain on non imported of british goods -
the battle of lexington was because the colonist were tired of the british ruling them around and this started the american revolution -
the battle of concord started the american revolution -
the commas scene was when tomas paine wrote a letter saying that everyone should have indapencince -
bunker hill was a major fight leading up to the revolutionary war. battle of trenton they fought for money. battle of seratoga was the turning point of the american revolution. battlre of brandywine british wanted to take americas seat in goverment. vally forge was an place where a group of solders where trained for york town. yorktown was when franch and america had a war
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the olive branch patition was when the colonest gave a letter to the king asking for help and peace but the king said no. -
The declaration of independence was a document that stated all of the right that the colonies had. this helped the america get more freedom. -
it was a dept cises at the end of the revolutionary war. -
the congress ratifies the us contitution and that ment that everyone has rules but also made the us more fair -
the whisky rebelion was when the farmerrs grew crops likr corn and if they coudent sell it they would ferment it and turn it into wiskey and then people would sell that but then there was a tax put on it and it made the colonist mad so there was -
when the french helped the us and became allies and then the us didn't help the french so they got mad so there was a was the quesi war. -
the war of 1812 was a disagreement over trade fought with the british and the us and no one won the war and they stoped fighting