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ancient chinese secret
the ancient chinese secret of sericulture got to America in the 1600s -
slaves came to jamestown
A large number of slaves came to jamestown in the early 1600s -
virginia
John Smith found Jamestown. -
John smith
Smith was badly burned in a gunpowder accident and had to return to England to get treatment -
William Bradford
Mayflower compact. led by William Bradford -
thanksgiving
Roosevellt declared that the fourth thursday of every November would be a national holiday in honor of the feast shared by the pilgrims and the American Indians in 1621 -
Peter Minuit
Set up as dutch colony taken over by english in 1664 -
john Mason
Puritan harshness led these settlers north and inland. -
John Winthrop
John Winthrop led the Puritans to Massachusetts Bay Colony in !630 -
The Pequot War
Connecticut was the site of The Pequot War (1634-1638) -
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Harvard University started in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638 -
concession and agreement
This document had some important rules in it -
new york colony
the new york colony elected an assembly that made some important laws -
Yale University
Yale University began in 1701 in the Connecticut Colony -
new york newspaper criticized
Almost one hundred years later, in 1735, a legal matter tested the patience of the colonists. -
Britian and france
In 1754 a war broke out between britian and france. They were fighting over land in north America. -
sugar act
British prime minister George Grenville introduces this act -
religion congregation
New jersey had so many different religion congregation, or groups, that some of them met in homes or barns. -
stamp act
this law is the first direct tax imposed on the American colonist. -
Declaratory Act
this is the englands attempt to reassert its power over the Americans colonist -
Townshend Act
A Britsh statesman Charles Townshend these acts attempt to collects duties on items like glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. coming into the colonies from england. the boston merchants refuse to pay the tax boycott English goods -
Boston Massacre
Massachsetts Citizens resent the presence of Britsh soldiers who are sent to keep order in the restless colony and enforced the townshend act. The colonist are abusive to the Britch regulars. provoked by an angry crowd the soldier fired on the mob and killed 5 colonist -
Britsh government passed a tax
The Britsh government passed a taxon tea. In protest, colonist in massachuchetts dumped chest of tea into the harbor. -
Tea Act
It gives the company the right to pick merchants those that are loyal to the king in the colonies to act as exclusive distributors of its tea. it also alows the company to export the tea directly to the colonist instead of going to great britian first. the colonist refused to support the tax -
Boston Tea Party
frustrated by the tea act the people of boston organize. they removed and destroy the tea being held on three ships in the boston harbor -
Coercive Acts
The people on massachetts are forced to quarter british troops -
The first shots
The first shots of the American revolution were fired, -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 5, 1775, in a final attempt to avoid a full-on war between the Thirteen Colonies, that the Congress represented, and Great Britain. The petition affirmed American loyalty to Great Britain and entreated the king to prevent further conflict. -
declaration of Independence
The colonist issued the Declaration of Independence -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. -
constitution
some of the men who singed the constitution