1607-1800

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    first permanent English settlement
  • Plymouth

    Plymouth
    site of the colony founded by the Mayflower Pilgrims
  • Bacon's Rebellion

    Bacon's Rebellion
    rebellion of white indentured servants
  • Bacon’s Rebellion

    rebellion of white indentured servants
  • First Great Awakening

    First Great Awakening
    religious Protestant revival
  • Stono Rebellion

    Stono Rebellion
    black slave rebellion
  • Stono Rebellion

    rebellion of black slaves
  • French and Indian War ends

    French and Indian War ends
    British America v. New France
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    British soldiers shoot colonists in the streets
  • Independence Day

    Independence Day
    The day the Declaration of Independence was signed
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    American victory over British
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation
    agreement along the 13 colonies, first real constitiution
  • Constitution Ratified

    Constitution Ratified
    the day the constitution was ratified
  • Shays' Rebellion

    Shays' Rebellion
    armed uprising in Massachusetts
  • NW Ordinance passed

    NW Ordinance passed
    provided a method for admitting new states
  • Second Great Awakening

    Second Great Awakening
  • Whiskey Rebellion

    Whiskey Rebellion
    tax protest in United States
  • Abigail Adams becomes first lady

    Abigail Adams becomes first lady
  • Alien & Sedition Acts

    Alien & Sedition Acts
    acts created to make it harder for an immigrant to become a citizen