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1585 Roanoke Island
None of the colonists were ever seen again -
Period: to
Early American History
Colonial Period and Revolutionary War -
Jamestown Settelment
Virginia Company of London sets up an economic venture -
Plymoth Colony
Pilgrims who settled in Plymoth looking for religious freedom -
Massachussets Bay Colony
settled by the Puritans -
Pennsylvania Colony setttled
By the Quakers -
Georgia is settled
Prisoners who were in debt in England -
Period: to
French and Indian War
England at war with French in the colonies -
Stamp Act
tax on colonists to pay for the French and Indian War -
Boston Massacre
Colonists shot after taunting British soldiers -
Boston Tea Party
A protest against tea taxes -
1st Continental Congress
Delegates fron colonies except Georgia meet to discuss problems with Great Britain -
Period: to
Revolutionary War
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Battle at Lexington and Concord
First armed conflict of the Revolutionary War -
Declaration of Independence
A document declaring independence from England -
Revolutionary war
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Battle of Saratoga
American victory and a turning point in the war -
Surender at Yorktown
Colonial victory marking the end of the revolutionary war -
Signing of the Treaty of Paris
Great Britan recognized America American Independence
