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Francis Le Jau
Reverend Le Jau arrived in Charles Town and was instantly horrified of slavery. He then began to baptize enslaved people. -
John Lawson and Native Americans
John Lawson had an encounter with the Native Americans in which he recorder their ways of life. He also recorded how they were becoming sick from diseases brought by the settlers. The account helped many people at the Tim again knowledge about their lifestyle and impacted the way many settlers viewed them. -
New York Slave Rebellion
In New York, 27 enslaved individuals rebelled, which caused the death of nine white settlers. They were later executed. -
Stono Rebellion
While plantation owners were at church on a Sunday morning, a large group of enslaved individuals burned down plantations. It resulted in the death of about twenty white settlers. They headed for Fort Mose, where they could be free, but they were stopped by a militia and killed. -
Rebellious Slaves
This was when is was no longer illegal to kill a rebellious slave. It did not matter if the slave was a man, woman or child, if the master believed they were rebellious, he could kill them. -
Slavery Legal Everywhere
Slavery was now legal in every single in all of the North American Colonies. -
French and Indian War
The French and the British fight for control over the eastern land of North America. The British won the war. It started in 1754 and ended in 1763. -
Treaty of Paris
The British gain control over Canada and also of French land that was east of Mississippi. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot at and killed 5 protestors. This lead to further protest and growing tensions between the colonists and the British soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonial patriots, snuck onto the harbor and dumped tea overboard. This was done in attempt to protest the British tea tax. -
First Continental Congress
This was a meeting in Philadelphia with 56 delegates. A delegate represented each colony, with the exception of Georgia. -
Declaration of Independence
The signing of the Declaration of Independence, declaring America independent from British rule. -
First Flag
First flag of the United States is issued. -
End of American Revolution
The war between Great Britain and the 13 colonies ended. It started April 19, 1775 in Lexington. The war ended with the British surrender in 1781, though they did not have independence until 1783. -
Washington Elected President
General George Washington is elected as the first president of the United States. -
First Supreme Court Meeting
The first meeting of the US Supreme Court in the New York City Exchange Building. -
John Adams New President
John Adams is now elected as the second president of the United States in Philadelphia.
