Colonies

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  • Sep 8, 1565

    St. Augustine

    St. Augustine founded in Florida by the Spanish. It is the oldest continually populated settlement in the U.S.

  • Jamestown Founded

    Jamestown, the first successful English colony, founded in what will become Virginia.

  • Pilgrims

    The Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock.

  • French and Indian War

    War fought in North America between the British and French. Ended with England gaining all of the remaining French territory in North America

  • Townshend Acts

    Series of taxes placed on essential imported goods in the colonies.

  • Boston Massacre

    British soldiers in Boston fired on a crowd of civilians, killing 5.

  • Boston Tea Party

    A group of mean boarded a British merchant ship and threw its cargo of tea into the harbor.

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    First battles of the Revolutionary War. British troops sent to arrest Patriot leaders. Unknown who fired first shot.

  • Proclamation of Rebellion

    King George III officially declared that the colonies were in rebellion.

  • Declaration of Independence

    the Colonies declared themselves an independent nation forming the United States of America.