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1587
-Roanoke-Sir Walter Raleigh (given permission by Elizabeth I)sent John White w/ 117 settlers
-Virginia Dare-1st born in America
-White went back to England to get supplies
-delayed by war w/ Spain-2 years to get back
-Lost colony -
Colony
Virginia -
Jamestown
Jamestown-1st permanent English settlement
Named for King James I -
Colony
Massachusetts -
Mayflower
Plymouth-102 Pilgrims
Mayflower Compact-democracy -
Colony
New Hampshire -
Colony
Maryland -
Colony
Connecticut -
Colony
Rhode Island -
Colony
Delaware -
Colony
North Carolina -
Colony
South Carolina -
Colony
New York -
Colony
New Jersey -
Colony
Pennsylvania -
Colony
Georgia -
1763
Britain regulates colonial trade and levies new taxes on colonists -
1770
The “Boston Massacre” occurs -
1773
The “Boston Tea Party” takes place -
1775
Colonists go to war w/ the British -
1776
Declaration of Independence is signed -
1777
Colonists win Battle of Saratoga & French decide to join the colonists -
1781
Britsh surrender at Yorktown -
1783
Treaty of Paris signed -
1787
US Constitution signed
