US History 1 By Lul Reke 1606 Jamestown 1610 First Grown Tobacco By John Rolfe In Virginia 1619 Slaves Arrives in British North America 1619 Virginia House Of Burgesses 1620 Pilgrims Arrived At Plymouth On The Mayflower 1636 Roger Williams Found Rhode Island 1676 Bacon's Rebellion Occurred 1692 Salem Witch Trails 1704 John Locke " Natural Rights " 1743 Great Awakening 1763 Proclamation of 1763 Was Issued 1763 French And Indian War Ended 1765 Stamp Act Was Issued Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre 1773 Boston Tea Party Took Place 1774 Second Continental Congress Met In Philadelphia 1774 First Continental Congress Was Held In Philadelphia 1775 Battle Of Lexington and Concord 1776 George Mason Authored Virginia Declaration Of Rights 1776 Declaration Of Independence 1776 Thomas Paine Common Sense 1777 Battle Of Saratoga Turning Point Battle In American Revolution 1777 Articles Of Confederation 1778 Ben Franklin Negotiated the Treaty Of Alliance With France During The American Revolution 1779 Thomas Jefferson Wrote The Virginia Statue For Religious Freedom 1781 American Colonies Won Their Independence At The Battle Of Yorktown 1787 Virginia Plan And New Jersey Plan Was Proposed At The Constitutional Convention 1788 The Constitution 1789 George Washington Became President 1791 Bill Of Rights Added To the Constitution 1803 Marbury V. Madison Decision Handled by Supreme Court 1816 Patrick Henry " Give Me Liberty , or Give Me Death " 1835 John Marshall Became Chief Justice of The United States