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Jan 1, 1215
The Magna Carta
This document decreased the amount of power the monarch held. -
Jan 1, 1400
When between one and two million Native Americans lived in the ten major cultural regions north of Mexico
Two of the major regions that Native Americans lived in were the Plateau and California regions. -
Jamestown
The name of the first permanent English colony in America was called Jamestown. A merchant group named the London Company found it. -
The First Slaves
The slaves were brought to the United States to work on the tobacco farms. -
Mayflower Compact
[Mayflower Compact](http://http://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/homework-help/mayflower-and-mayflower-compact)
The Mayflower had to turn back two times because the Speedwell, another ship, leaked.
The purpose of this document was to describe the way that governing would work in the colony. -
First Thanksgiving
First Thanksgiving
The Wampanoag had always thanked the Creator for gifts. They shared this act with the colonists. -
America's First Law Guaranteeing Religious Liberty
This law was called the Act Concerning Religion. -
New Netherland
The New Netherlands was renamed to New York when the English took over. -
Witchcraft
Fear of witchcraft started when some young girls were acting strangely in a church. -
When Every Colony Had Enslaved Africans
In the early 1700s, when slaves were in every colony, Ben Franklin also had a few slaves. -
The First Great Awakening
This movement started because people were losing religious faith. -
The 13 Colonies
13 Colonies
New Jersey was originally settled by the Dutch in 1633. -
King George Crowned
King George III was not considered a smart person. -
The Stamp Act
This law required colonists to buy a stamp for any paper goods they bought. -
The Quartering Act
This act required colonists to house and feed British soldiers. -
Townshend Act
This act created a tax on all goods imported from Britain. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a group of laws Parliament made that the colonists thought intolerable, hence the name. -
The First Continental Congress
About 50 leaders from 12 of the colonies met in Pennsylvania for the first Continental Congress. -
The Revolutionary War Starts
The start of the Revolutionary War was at Lexington. -
'The British are coming!'
Paul Revere and William Dawes warned all the colonists about the British. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was held to chose the commander of the New England Army. -
Common Sense
Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense. -
The Signing of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson made the first copy of the Declaration of Independence. -
Britain Surrenders
During the war, America was allied with the French. -
The Treaty of Paris Signed
The Treaty of Paris made Britain give up its claim to all lands between the Atlantic coast and the Mississippi River and from Canada to Florida.