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Jun 15, 1215
Magna carta Signed
Magna CartaThis document was signed by King John that stated that the king will not over use his power while the country is suffering. this also inspired the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. -
Jamestown, VA founded
Jamestown As the colony expanded, VA indeans were pushed out of there home created morre tension between colonists and indeans. This is where slavery was originated in 1619. -
VA House of Burgesses Established
VA This was the first Legislature anywhere which inspired our government setup. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's RebellionNathaniel Bacon anger at local Indians, who they felt were holding back settlement, and at a government unwilling to aid them. In the summer and fall of 1676, Bacon and his supporters rose up and killed nearby Indians. -
English Bill of Rights
bill of rights Passed by the British Parliment to ensure certain rights citizens should be entitled to. -
Enlightment Period Begins
enlightmentThis period brings the view or belief that modern science and our understanding of the social world can improve living conditions on earth. Is sometimes refered to as the Age of Reason. -
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Enlightment Period Begins
enlightment Period ofdicovery and new thinking -
French and Indean War Begins
war This was a war between the British and the French over land in the new world. -
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French and Indean War
warA war between the English and the French for land in what is now America. -
French and Indean War Ends
war The English won the war but went into dept funding for it so the made America pay for it. This was one thing that started the rebel of colonies. -
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763This Proclamation prevented colonists from expanding westward to stop tension between colonists and indeans -
Boston Massacre
bostonThe Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars that increased the tension between Britian and the colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party On this night 3 groups of 50 men each dumped 300+ barrels of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
acts This is what the Colonists called laws that the British Parliment passed in responce to the Boston Tea Party which put higher taxes on multiple items like sugar or stamps. -
1st Continental Congress
congress This waas a group of delegates who got together to protest the Intolerable Acts. They also voted to cut off Colonial trade with Great Britian -
Lexington and Concord
battles This was the first battles of the Revolutionary war and first encounter of open armed conflict between Britian and the Colonists. -
2nd Continental Congress
congress The second time the delegates meet they declarred indepenence from Britian and wrot the Declaration of Independence. -
Common Sense Published
Common sense This book inspired the leaders of the American Revolution. Thomas Paine was the author who demanded independence from Great Britian. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence This Document written by Thomas Jefferson declared that the colonies should be free from Parliment rule. -
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Battle The battle of Guilford Courthouse was aBritish win but the battle took out 25% of the English army. This lead to be an important time in the Revolutionary war because later the Americans defeaed the british because of a weakened army. -
British Surrender at Yorktown
surrender Five years after America claimed independence, the British surrendered. America had help from the French so it was to much for Britian to handle. -
Treaty of Paris Signed
Treaty of Paris This treaty was the official peace between America, Great Britian and other allies countries. This recognized U.S. independence and delineation of boundaries allowing for western expansion.
