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Jamestown
Jamestown, Virginia was the first permanent English settlement. -
Slavery
In 1619, North America reicieved it's first enslaved Africans in Jamestown, -
Plymouth
The pilgrims landed in North America and establish the Massechusetts Bay Colony at Plymouth. -
Public Schooling
Boston begins North America's first public school. -
Native American Resistance
With the Puritans winning King Philip's War, Native American's resistance to the New England colonies is weakened. -
Penn's Woods
Pennsylvania, or Penn's Woods, is founded by William Penn. -
Quakers
The Quakers speak out on their opposition to slavery. -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials show signs of mass chaos in the colonies. -
Boston
Boston has a population of about 12,000 and the colonial population as a whole is about half a million. -
Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was a religous revival that occured from 1739-1742. -
Iroquois Confederation Victory
The Iroquois Confederation (many differernt tribes that banded together) capture the Ohio River Valley from the British. -
The Boston Tea Party
The igniting event that led to the Revolutionary War. The coloniest rejected British taxes. -
Declaration of Independence
The Second Continental Congress creates and adopts the Declaration of Independence. -
Battle of Yorktown
With the defeat of the British at the Battle of Yorktown, the colonists win the Revolutionary War. -
Constitution
The U.S. Constitution is approved.
