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1215
1215-Magna carta
limited power of the government -
1607-Jamestown
First established settlement -
1620-Mayflower Compact
First form of self government -
1639-Fundemental orders of conneticut
First type of constitution -
1763-Proclamation line
King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
1764-Sugar act
Under the Sugar Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
1765-Stamp act
Was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, -
1770-Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a mob. -
1773-Boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty. -
1775-Battle of bunker hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. -
1776-Articles of confederation
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States. -
1776-Declaration of independence
Announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule. -
Chains event#1
mrs mary finch died and robert sold ruth and isabel -
Chains event#2
boat arrives in new york.And the locktons are loyalists -
Chains event#3
the british arrive in new york -
Chains event#4
Isabel was like a spy for the rebellion side -
Chains event#5
Becky delivered news that Ruth was sold -
1777-Winter at valley forge
Valley Forge was the military camp 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Philadelphia where the American Continental Army spent the winter of 1777–78 during the American Revolutionary War. -
1783-Treaty of paris
The Treaty of Paris negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. -
1898-2nd Treaty of Paris
In France, the Treaty of Paris is signed, formally ending the Spanish-American War and granting the United States its first overseas empire.