u.s history time line

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  • lost colony

    sponsored by sir walter Raleigh was founded on Roanoke island

  • capt. John smith

    John smith and 105 cavaliers in 3 ships landed on virginia coast ,started first permanent english settlement in new world at jamestown

  • House of Burgesses

    first black labors indentured sevant in english north america colonies

  • mayflower compact

    mayflower compact singed nov 11 was agreement to from self goverment

  • Roger Willaims

    Roger Willaims founded providence, RI, in june as a democratically ruled colony.

  • Navigation Act

    dec.1 regulating colonial commerce to suit english needs.

  • bacons rebelion

    bacon and his fllowers reblled against the massachsetts goverment when a war against the native americand was declined

  • pennsylvania founded

    william penn founded pennsylvania for religious tolerance

  • salem witch trails

    people were accused of being witches and put on trail them ultimately to thier death

  • the great awakening

    the great awakening was a religious renewal movment through the the coloies.People wanted Americans to go back to the religious roots that brought them to America.

  • Poor Richards Alamanac

    Benjamin Franklin publlished the first poor Richards Alamanac.

  • The Zenger Trail

    The Zenger trail is the reason that we now have the 1st amendment to our Constituion. He was aquitted from charges that he spoke negatively about the goverment.

  • The Albany plan of Union

    Benjamin Franklin wrote the Alabany olan of Union in 1754 in order to organize the colonies.

  • The French and Indian war

    The French and Indain war began.

  • Pronclamation of 1763

    Forbade colonies to settle west of the Appalachain Mountains.

  • The Suger Act

    Britain passed the Suger Act on the colonies in order to pay debets from the french and Indian war.

  • The Stamp and Quartering Act

    The stamp and Quartering Act was passed by Britian in the colonies that taxed certain goods and required colonies to house British soldiers.

  • The Townsheded act

    These act were pasess in the colonies in order to raise revelues for englan. These were basically the outher repealed acts combined.

  • The Boston Massacre

    British soldiers fired into a group of coloniest, Killing four and Crispus Attucks.This was used a Anti- Brithish propaganda.

  • The Boston Tea Party.

    Colonies dressed as Native Americans threw 342 chests of tea in the Boston Harbor in prostest of the tea Act.

  • Intolerable Atcts

    British passed the Intolerable Acts to punish the colonies for the Boston tea party.

  • 1st Continental Congress

    12 of the 13 colonies met to discuss civil disobedience against British in response to the Intolerable Acts.

  • "Give me Liberty or give me death"

    This was said by Patrick Henry at the Virginia convention.

  • Paul Revers Midnight Ride

    Paul Revere,William Dawers,and Wiliam Prescott ride to warm the colonies that the British are coming.

  • Common Sense

    Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense to promote independence as the right path to take.

  • The Declaration of Independence

    This document written by Thomas Jefferson,was approved on July 4,1776.

  • The Battle of Saratoga

    Was the turning point of the Revolution. This battle,along with Benjamin Franklin ,helped convince the French to help us in the Revolution.

  • The Articles of Confederation

    The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the contintal congress as the first goverment.

  • John Paul Jones defeats the Serapis

    "I have not yet brgan to fight".