What Led to This; Period 4/5; Park, Grace; Kulakkattolikel, Edwin

By GESS2013
  • Jun 1, 1215

    Magna Carta Was Signed

    Magna Carta Was Signed
    The signing of this document changed because they established the idea that the power of the monarch (king) was limited. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/magna_carta/
    The Magna Carta helped to give political rights to the barons, or nobles who rebelled that King John approved of.
  • Jan 1, 1400

    Between One and Two Million Native Americans Live in the Ten Major Cultural Regions North of Mexico

    Two of these cultural regions are the Great Basin and the Great Plains

  • First Permanent English Colony Established in America

    a) This colony was Jamestown. b) The London Company formed this colony.

  • African Slaves First Brought to the United States, Specifically Jamestown

    They were brought there because there was a law making African workers slaves for life.

  • Mayflwer Compact was Signed

    This was signed so that they could govern themselves in the new world.

  • English Took Control of New Netherland

    This colony was renamed New York.

  • First Thanksgiving Celebrated by Pilgrims and Indians

  • America's First Law Guaranteeing Religious Liberty Was Passed

    This law was called the Act of Concerning Religion. http://www.nleomf.org/museum/news/newsletters/online-insider/2012/April-2012/early-days-american-law-enforcement-april-2012.html
    I learned here, that when America got their first few laws, over time other colonies started to make laws while America improved theirs and changed over time.

  • Fear of Witchcraft Began in Salem, Massachusetts

  • Enslaved Africans Living in Every Colony

  • First Great Awakening Began

    This movement was started because people had lost their religious faith.

  • Year All 13 British Colonies in North America Were Established

  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

  • King George III Was Crowned

    King George III Was Crowned

  • Prime Minister George Grenville Proposed the Stamp Act

    This law required colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used.

  • Quartering Act Passed

    This law required to provide British troops with quarters, or housing to furnish the soldiers with candles, firing, bedding, cooking, utensils, salt, vineagr, and beer or cider

  • Townshend Acts Passed

    This law required for popular items such as glass, paint, paper, and tea to be taxed.

  • Parliament Passed the Intolerable Acts

  • Paul Revere Warned Colonists That British Were Coming

    Paul Revere Warned Colonists That British Were Coming

  • Revolutionary War

    Revolutionary War

  • Common Sense was Published

    Common Sense was Published
    The author of this pamphlet was Thomas Paine.

  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

  • British Surrender to American Troops

    British Surrender to American Troops
    Europe had became an ally of America during the war.

  • Treaty of Paris Was Signed

    Treaty of Paris Was Signed
    One of the effect of this treaty was that Great Britain agreed to recognize the United States as an independent nation. http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/treaty.html
    I learned here that it took quite a lot of time to finally make a sertrtlement.