1600-1876

By jackson_auer
  • Period: to

    1600-1700

  • Jamestown is established as a British Colonist

  • The starving time begins in Jamestown

  • Tobacco was discovered by colonists

  • The House of Burgessees is Established

  • 20 slaves are bought from a Dutch slave ship in Virginia

  • Mayflower Compact is written at Plymouth

  • King Philip's War begins

  • Bacon's Rebellion occurs

  • King Philip's War ends

  • The Salem Witch Trials occurs

  • Period: to

    1700-1800

  • The Boston Massacre occurs

  • The Boston Tea Party occurs

  • The American Revolutioary War begins

  • Thomas Paine anonymously publishes Common Sense

  • Britain's American colonies declare independence

  • The Articles of Confederation are adopted by the U.S.

  • The American Revolutionary War ends

  • The Constitution is ratified by the U.S.

  • George Washington becomes the first U.S. President

  • John Adams enters office as president

  • Period: to

    1800-1876

  • The Louisiana Purchase is made

  • The War of 1812 begins

  • The War of 1812 ends

  • Andrew Jackson enters office as president

  • Native Americans are forced to travel the "trail of tears"

  • Abraham Licoln enters office as president

  • The Civil War begins

  • The Civil War ends

  • Abraham Lincoln is assassinated

  • The last American slaves are freed